Parliament postpones recess

Parliament adopted a resolution on Thursday to postpone its recess until the bill on local council elections could be passed.

The resolution proposed by opposition Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP) MP Ali Waheed was sent to the general affairs committee with 62 votes in favour.

On Thursday, Independent MP Nazim Rashad, chairman of the committee, presented the resolution back to the floor without any amendments.

The resolution was adopted with 45 votes in favour out of the 51 MPs in attendance.