Parliament Speaker, President Mohamed Nasheed, on Monday, said that despite the members of the Parliament now being confined to their homes to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, their work continued unimpeded, online.
 
“Our democracy is not under arrest,” said Nasheed in a tweet.
The Parliament had made the decision to begin working from home in a vote taken between parliamentary group leaders and committee chairs on March 24.
The first session to be held online, using Microsoft Teams, is scheduled to begin at 11 am this Monday.
It marks the first time for a session of the Parliament to be held online in Maldivian history.