The recent amendment to the parliament rules of procedure which allows the impeachment of the President or Vice-President with less than the constitutionally mandated number of lawmakers in parliament is unconstitutional, the country's top ruled Thursday.
According to the constitution, two-thirds of the total votes of the parliament are required to remove the president or vice-president. The total strength of the current parliament is 87.
But several ruling PPM/PNC lawmakers resigned to take up senior positions in the government shortly after the presidential elections, with no time between the next parliamentary elections to hold by-elections to fill the vacant seats. READ MORE FROM ATOLL TIMES
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