AFP, Colombo :
The former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed has been nominated as the country’s parliamentary speaker and is set to be sworn in Tuesday, a party official said.
Nasheed was unanimously chosen to head the People’s Majlis, or the parliament, by his Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) which won a near three
quarter majority in the 87-member assembly in April.
“He is unanimously chosen as the Speaker,” a party official told AFP. “He will be sworn in at the inaugural session of the new parliament elected at the historic April vote.”
Nasheed-who until six months ago was still in exile-has vowed to use his party’s thumping mandate to usher in a new era of stability and democracy in the Maldives.
The former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed has been nominated as the country’s parliamentary speaker and is set to be sworn in Tuesday, a party official said.
Nasheed was unanimously chosen to head the People’s Majlis, or the parliament, by his Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) which won a near three
quarter majority in the 87-member assembly in April.
“He is unanimously chosen as the Speaker,” a party official told AFP. “He will be sworn in at the inaugural session of the new parliament elected at the historic April vote.”
Nasheed-who until six months ago was still in exile-has vowed to use his party’s thumping mandate to usher in a new era of stability and democracy in the Maldives.
