Maldives: Army occupies Parliament
The Maldivian Army has occupied Parliament.
Male(Maldives): Army occupies parliament, opposition members not allowed to bring no confidence motion pic.twitter.com/Glud3EYScx
— ANI (@ANI) August 22, 2017
News reports said members of the Opposition are not being allowed to bring a no-confidence motion.
The Maldivian Army had taken over the Parliament in July too on the orders of the President and barred lawmakers from entering the building in a bid to stop the impeachment of Speaker and the President's close ally Abdulla Maseeh Mohamed over allegations of corruption, mismanagement and rights abuses.
The no-confidence motion against the Speaker, supported by 45 of the Parliament's 85 lawmakers as per the Opposition, was to be taken up on July 24 . The Opposition accused the Speaker of blocking its requests to summon government officials accused of corruption.
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