President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu on Wednesday, has appointed Zam'ath Ahmed Waheed as the new member of the Maldives Broadcasting Commission (BroadCom).
Zam'ath has been the Chief Executive Officer at the Islamic University of Maldives (IUM), and previously served as a journalist at the Public Service Media (PSM) for several years. Besides this she had worked in several other private media outlets as well.
The new BroadCom member has attained a Master's Degree in Journalism.
The commission recently announced it was looking for two members. From the first batch of applicants who applied for one of the vacant members' position, selection committee gave the highest marks to former Managing Director of PSM Zeena Zahir, but the parliament gave approval for TVM's presenter Moosa Rilwan who was appointed to the role on May 15th.
Another list of six names was sent to the commission on May 12th after the commission member Aminath Ameena's term expired, leaving another seat vacant.
The order of President's nominees list:
Zam'ath Ahmed Waheed/ Mala, GDh. Thinadhoo
Ibrahim Ashraf/ V. Mashaveli
Moosa Rilwan/ M. Haaviya
Zeena Zahir/ Athireege, GDh. Gadhdhoo
Ali Yoosuf/ Lh. Hinnavaru
Shimla Ahmed/ Astral ge, S. Hithadhoo
Selection committee's evaluation of the list:
Zam'ath Ahmed Waheed: 89.29 percent 
Zeena Zahir: 84.57 percent
Shimla Ahmed: 76.86 percent
Ibrahim Ashraf: 67.71 percent
Ali Yoosuf: 64.17 percent
The committee decided all three members who scored above 70 percent were eligible and submitted their names for parliamentary approval. Zam'ath's appointment to BroadCom was approved by the parliament on Monday with 54 votes.
While two new members have been appointed to BroadCom, the commission recently came under scrutiny for alleged misconduct by some of its senior officials. A petition was submitted on May 18th claiming the commission's president and some of the other senior members were abusing their powers to obstruct the responsibilities of the commission's employees.
Not long after the commission had fired its Secretary General, Mariyam Zeeniya citing she was not cooperating with the commission's decisions.
Zeeniya has lodged her dismissal to the Employment Tribunal.