The no-confidence motion submitted against parliament speaker Mohamed Nasheed by the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has been officially notified to him and other parliament members.
The Parliament Secretariat said that the motion signed by 49 MDP parliament members has been notified to the members according to parliament regulations.
While the Parliament Secretariat accepted the motion, Speaker Nasheed questioned the legitimacy of submitting the same motion twice during the same session.
MDP earlier submitted a no-confidence motion against Nasheed, which however did not proceed owing to multiple reasons interrupting its process.
The ruling party withdrew the motion ahead of the presidential election's runoff in an attempt to secure the support of The Democrats, which was founded by Nasheed.
Parliament regulations state that a no-confidence motion should be notified to the Speaker and members within three days of receiving the motion.
According to parliament regulations, the first parliament sitting on a public workday following the 14-day period after the expiry of the notice should include the motion on its agenda.
Following the notice period, the motion should be tabled in the next sitting scheduled for October 29.
Parliament regulations cite that other proceedings of the legislative can move forward only after concluding the no-confidence motion.
MDP said it moved forward with the second no-confidence against Nasheed since the speaker had been placing items on parliament agenda for personal motives and with the intention of harming the party.
The motion further accused Nasheed of siding with parliamentarians attempting to undermine the decorum of the parliament, and had continued to proceed with sittings in violation of regulations.
MDP's motion also alleged that the speaker deliberately halted parliament proceedings for an extended period while favoring sittings for his party, The Democrats.
The Democrats, however, alleged that MDP's no-confidence motion was an attempt to disrupt Dr. Mohamed Muizzu's swearing-in as the next president to divert attention from the alleged misconduct and corruption of the current government led by president Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.