Maldives Speaker of Parliament Mohamed Nasheed.
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The Maldives Speaker of Parliament Mohamed Nasheed resigned on Monday, days earlier than the swearing-in of a brand new President following a fiercely contested election within the Indian Ocean archipelago.
Parliamentary elections aren’t due till the second quarter of subsequent yr, which means that President-elect Mohamed Muizzu — who takes energy on Friday after successful September polls — should work with an Opposition-controlled parliament.
Mr. Nasheed, who can be a former President, determined to stop from the quantity two place within the nation to go off a no-confidence movement by ruling get together legislators, an in depth aide instructed AFP.
“He didn’t want a no-trust vote against him and decided to resign,” the aide stated.
Mr. Nasheed caught worldwide consideration for holding a 2009 Cabinet assembly underwater to focus on the specter of world warming, signing paperwork as officers wore scuba gear with coral reefs within the background.
He was toppled in a military-backed coup in 2012, convicted on a terrorism cost and jailed for 13 years.
He left the nation on medical go away and sought refuge in Britain, returning to the Maldives after President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih received the presidency in 2018 along with his backing.
In 2019, Mr. Nasheed grew to become Speaker after his Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) received parliamentary elections, however he stop the get together in June over variations with Mr. Solih.
Mr. Nasheed, a world-renowned local weather campaigner, survived an assassination try in May 2021, spending 5 months in Germany for therapy after a bomb blast.
There has been no declare of accountability, however the MDP has blamed non secular extremists within the tiny Islamic republic of 380,000 Sunni Muslims, which practises a liberal type of the faith and is understood for its upmarket tourism.
Source: www.thehindu.com
