Government to submit 56 legislatures in first session of Parliament

President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, on Monday, announced the intention of submitting 56 legislatures to the Parliament during the first session of the Parliament.

The number of legislatures with the government aims to submit during the first session of the Parliament this year exceeds the total number of legislatures which the government had pushed in all of last year.

The government, last year, submitted 49 legislatures, out of which 27 were passed.

The President had announced the number of legislatures which the government intended to submit, in his annual address at the inauguration of the Parliament for its first session of this year.

Of the 56 legislatures, 32 legislatures propose amendments to existing laws and 24 legislatures set to create entirely new laws, he said.

“I am sure the honorable Parliament will provide its full cooperation in passing these bills too,” said the President.

He went on to describe the Parliament as his, and his government’s most important partner in directing the execution of the duties of the State along the path which the Maldivian people had shown him.

He said that constitutional and legislative reforms which had been effected through the Parliament had been instrumental in paving the path to good governance, and the secret behind the peace and security which the Maldivian society now enjoyed.

The President said that his one-year government, and the eight-month 19th parliamentary assembly, had served as an example of how the three powers of the State could and should work with independence, while supporting, and serving as instruments of oversight over one another.

“Upholding these democratic values is of direct benefit to the general population. The benefits to the people can only increase if the powers of the State worked within its jurisdiction and with attentiveness towards fulfilling its respective duties,” he said.