The ruling People’s National Congress (PNC) used its supermajority in the Parliament on Tuesday to foil a no-confidence motion submitted against Homeland Security Minister Ali Ihusan by the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP).
The no-confidence motion against Ihusan was submitted last month with the endorsement of the 12 lawmakers who represent the MDP at the Parliament. He is accused by the MDP of misusing privileged information of citizens on the database of the Department of National Registration (DNR) and other state resources to create fake forms to drive up ruling People’s National Congress (PNC)’s membership, as well as of exerting political influence over the police service to repeatedly obstruct criminal investigations and prevent the police from performing their legal duties.
Ihusan attended the parliamentary sitting on Tuesday morning to present his response to the allegations.
The Parliament took the floor vote on the motion in the afternoon. But the motion failed as 64 PNC parliamentarians voted to reject the bill. Only 11 voted in favor of the motion.
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