Muizzu's party won 66 of 93 seats in the parliament in Sunday's election and with the entry of the independent candidates, the People's National Congress-led coalition now has a "supermajority" with 78 seats. The elections were closely watched by India and China amid geopolitical tensions.
Maldives voters handed President Mohamed Muizzu's party a landslide win at parliamentary elections, an outcome set to shift the Indian Ocean archipelago closer to China and away from traditional partner India.
A no-confidence motion against Speaker Abdulla Maseeh Mohamed was scheduled to be taken up on Monday. The opposition says the motion has gained the support of 45 lawmakers in the 85-member house
Male, Nov 12: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was today accorded the “unique” honour of being the first foreign dignitary to address the multi-party ‘People's Majlis', Maldives' Parliament, after it came into being in 2009. Singh
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