Just in: No confidence motion for Communication Minister Maleeh presented to the Parliament

Minister of Communication Science and Technology Mohamed Maleeh Jamaal | Photo: Sun

Malé, Maldives – The no confidence motion against Minister of Communication, Science and Technology Mohamed Maleeh Jamaal has been submitted at the Parliament.

The motion was submitted by the Parliamentary Group leader of MDP Ali Azim. He revealed in a tweet today that the case of no confidence against Minister Maleeh was presented at the parliament today.

The Parliamentary Group (PG) of the leading governing coalition party, Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) voted in favor of moving forward with a no confidence vote against the Minister of Communication, Science and Technology, Mohamed Maleeh Jamaal, after a PG group meeting held to discuss the matter on November 22, 2020, thereby 14 members signed the motion.

The no confidence vote against the Minister came following his comments aimed at the PG group of MDP, in which he said that the Parliament members cannot dictate how the government should do it’s job and that no such policy can also be formulated. Since then many pro government MPs have criticized Minister Maleeh on various social media platforms.