PPM parliamentarians demonstrate against Bill to empower 2 commissions

Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) parliamentarians have launched a demonstration against the Bill submitted to Parliament to empower two presidential commissions.

Speaker of Parliament, Qasim Ibrahim announced at the Parliament this Monday afternoon that the Counsel-General of Parliament has cleared the Bill to empower Commission on Investigation of Murders and Enforced Disappearances and the Commission on Corruption and Asset Recovery established by President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, deciding the Bill posed no constitutional issues.

PPM parliamentarians, unhappy with the Bill, are demonstrating inside the Parliament Chamber, and have surrounded the seat of the Speaker.