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  • Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu may face impeachment

    Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu may face impeachment

    Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu is under pressure to apologize to India. If he doesn’t agree then he will lose power. Opposition preparing for impeachment against Maldives President Mohammed Muizzu.

    After winning the election Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu based on anti-India Maldives political situation were changed. Due to that reason PM Modi planned his visit to Lakshadweep to promote local tourism. After that conflict between Maldives and India come into the limelight.

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    On January 13, after returning from China, Muizzu said that Maldives is not the backyard of any particular country and no one can threaten it. Instead of poor-quality medicines from India, we will import medicines from Europe and America. This statement of Muizzu was in the context of India. Opposition leaders strongly attacked his statements.

    Clashes in Maldives Parliament

    MPs from pro-government parties and opposition members came face to face over the approval of four members in Muizzu’s cabinet. Maldives Parliament approves only one cabinet member out of four.

    According to local media reports, parliament voted to refuse to sanction Housing Minister Ali Haider Ahmed, Islamic Minister Mohammed Shaheem Ali Saeed and Attorney General Ahmed Usham. At the same time, Economic Minister Mohammad Sayeed narrowly escaped and was approved. Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu made the formal request for approval of his cabinet on November 20, two days after taking office.

    Parliament was scheduled to vote on the cabinet on December 18, but the original report of the government monitoring committee was rejected. Parliament convened a meeting on Sunday to vote on the committee’s new report, which was passed on 30 December. But just before Sunday’s vote, the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) announced parliamentary immunity for four members of Muizzu’s cabinet. Decided to stop the clearance and issued a three-line red whip against them. MDP has the majority in Parliament.

    The move triggered clashes between pro-government and opposition MPs, disrupting the parliamentary sitting proceedings. The long-pending vote finally took place on Monday afternoon and Parliament rejected Haider, Shaheem and Usham. Haider was rejected by a vote of 46-24. Usham was rejected by a vote of 44-24 and Shaheem by 31-30. However, Sayeed narrowly got approval with a vote of 37-32.

    Opposition preparation against Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu

    Prepare Yourself

    Maldives’ opposition parties MDP and Democrats are going to present an impeachment motion. This motion will be placed in the Parliament against Maldives President Mohammed Muizzu.

    There is increasing pressure on Maldives President Mohammed Muizzu, who came to power by spewing anti-India venom, to apologize to India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The MDP, which holds the majority in the Parliament of Maldives and serves as the main opposition party, has stated that if Muizzoo fails to issue an apology for his anti-India remarks, then they may introduce an impeachment motion against him in the Parliament.

    Apart from former President Ibrahim Mohamed Saleh’s Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), other opposition parties are also building pressure on Muizzu to apologize to India. Sources associated with the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) claimed on Monday that they have collected the signatures of all MPs needed for a no-confidence motion against Muizzu. Now if Muizzu does not apologize, he will have to lose his post.

    Jumhooree Party leader Qasim Ibrahim has said that the way Muizzu has made indirect verbal attacks against India. Muizzu’s statement after returning from a China trip is unacceptable. Moreover, he will have to apologize to India for this.

    There are a total of 87 members in the Parliament of Maldives. Parliament had recently amended its standing orders to make it easier to hand over an impeachment motion. Moreover, MDP Democrats together have 56 MPs. Of these, 43 MPs are from MDP and 13 are from Democrats. According to the Constitution and the standing orders of the Parliament, impeachment can be done against the President with 56 votes.

    This makes it clear that if Muizzu does not accept the demands of the opposition, it is certain that he will lose his chair.

    Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu news from Maldives

    According to a report by Maldivian news portal Sun, Parliament refused to approve three members of Muizzu’s cabinet. MDP has secured the required majority for impeachment. Furthermore, according to the report of The Edition, on Monday, the parliamentary group of MDP unanimously decided to present the impeachment motion.

    India is committed to work

    At the same time, India is committed to working with the Maldives for the speedy implementation of the Male-Thilafushi Link Project. Furthermore, this project aims to establish direct connectivity between Thilafushi and Malé, the capital of Maldives. Moreover, this project is to be built for 530 million dollars.

    A high-level meeting was held on Monday to monitor this project to be built with the help of India. Maldives’ Ministry of Works and Infrastructure shared several photos of the meeting on social media. Furthermore, the meeting was jointly chaired by Construction Minister Abdullah Muthathalib and Indian High Commissioner Munu Mahawar. India has expressed its intention.

  • Maldives on the backfoot

    Maldives on the backfoot

    Maldives on the backfoot due to strong reaction in India. Temperatures are rising between India and Maldives over the objectionable comments made by a government minister Mariam Shiuna and other leaders during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Lakshadweep.

    These statements are described as a big blow to the relations between the two countries. Moreover, it has continuously derailed since Mohammad Muizzu became the President. Many celebrities and common people in India are expressing their displeasure about this. #BycottMaldives is trending on social media platforms in India.

    Affect on the Maldives

    Meanwhile, the Maldives’ Mohammed Muizzoo government has started trying to compensate for the loss. The government first issued a statement distancing itself from the minister’s comments. After this, media reports quoting the government claimed that the people who made the comments had been suspended.

    As per the report, the government of Maldives released a statement declaring that individuals who hold government positions and have made derogatory remarks about India on social media have been suspended. The Ministry of External Affairs has released a statement regarding the incident. According to media reports, apart from Maryam Shiuna, Malsha Sharif and Mahzoom Majid have also been suspended.

    Statements of the leaders of the previous government of Maldives

    The former deputy speaker confirmed the suspension of ministers. Former Deputy Speaker and MP of Maldives Eva Abdullah, while confirming the suspension of the ministers, has said that the government should apologize to the people of India. Eva Abdullah said, “We have been dependent on India for economic relations, social relations, health, education, business, tourism etc. People are aware of this and they are thankful for it. All political parties, including former ministers and coalition partners of the current government, have condemned the derogatory remarks.”

    Before this, former President Mohammad Nasheed, former President Ibrahim Mohammad Solih and former Foreign Minister Abdullah Shahid condemned the statement and advised the current government.

    Muizzu Policy

    Before Muizzu, Ibrahim Mohammed Solih was the President of Maldives and his government had implemented the policy of ‘India First’. Whereas Muizzu had contested the elections with the slogan of ‘India Out’. After winning the victory, Muizzu’s decisions started showing increasing distance in the relations between the two countries. Muizzu is considered closer to China than India.

    Foreign affairs experts criticized

    On this matter, foreign affairs expert Robinder Sachdev said, this is condemnable. There is a section that is anti-India. India not only helps the economy through tourism. We also provide them with security. There was a coup in Maldives in 1988. India sent its troops and the coup was stopped within hours. Therefore India is for the national security of Maldives. There were occasions when the island experienced a severe shortage of water. India sent aircraft and our army with bottled water.

    As per the foreign affairs experts MP Modi’s visit to Lakshadweep was to counter changing policies in Maldives. The result is a lot of Indian tourists cancelled hotel bookings and flights to Maldives. The tourists are diverting from Maldives to Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and other beautiful beaches in India

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