Parliament to hold extraordinary sitting on Wed to appoint PG

The parliament has scheduled an extraordinary sitting for this Wednesday to appoint a new Prosecutor General.

Prosecutor General Hussain Shameem resigned from the post on August 22. The parliament, while claiming it did not receive Shameem’s resignation in written, had terminated him on the same evening.

The state offered the window for nomination to the vacant PG’s role on August 27, which will expire on 12:00hrs of this Wednesday. The law demands appointment of a new PG under 30-days in case of a resignation, termination or dismissal.

With the 21 days remaining from the statutory period for a new appointment, the ruling People’s National Congress (PNC) – which holds the parliament’s supermajority – announced the decision for the extraordinary sitting.

Members of the ruling party have confirmed this to ‘Sun’ Online.

The parliament held a sitting on August 22^nd to remove Shameem, but shortly after the sitting commenced, he announced his resignation. The parliament however, claimed his resignation was not received at the President’s Office to the sitting, and called for a vote of dismissal, which ended with 65 votes in favor of Shameem’s removal.

Only nine members voted against it.

The parliament is required to hold this extraordinary sitting, since it went into recess on August 22^nd.