The Parliament has rejected the emergency motion submitted
regarding the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation
(MMPRC) corruption scandal.
While 22 MPs voted to accept the motion, 26 MPs from the ruling coalition rejected the motion proposed by MP for South Hithadhoo Constituency Ibrahim Mohamed Didi.
Upon declaration that the motion had been dismissed, MP for North Henveiru Constituency Abdulla Shahid objected, claiming he had been unable to vote due to a technical error in the voting system.
The motion submitted by MP Didi stated that the Parliament ought to debate and investigate into the MMPRC corruption scandal, as the embezzlement of state funds took place at a time when the former Auditor General Ibrahim Niyaz had been sacked for issuing an honest report on the Corporation’s wrongdoings.
Didi also argued that the case falls under the jurisdiction of the Parliament according to Article 145 of the Parliamentary Regulations.
The MMPRC Audit Report states that over $64 million ($921 million) had “vanished” from the MMPRC coffers from May 2014 to October 2015.
Furthermore, it notes that some 60 cheques totaling $65 million that should have been deposited to MMPRC accounts were in fact deposited into accounts of unrelated companies in violation of the MMPRC’s Board Resolution.
The report also points to the fact that several banks had accepted cheques from the MMPRC without the signs of two authorised signatories in violation of the Banking Act of Maldives.
While 22 MPs voted to accept the motion, 26 MPs from the ruling coalition rejected the motion proposed by MP for South Hithadhoo Constituency Ibrahim Mohamed Didi.
Upon declaration that the motion had been dismissed, MP for North Henveiru Constituency Abdulla Shahid objected, claiming he had been unable to vote due to a technical error in the voting system.
The motion submitted by MP Didi stated that the Parliament ought to debate and investigate into the MMPRC corruption scandal, as the embezzlement of state funds took place at a time when the former Auditor General Ibrahim Niyaz had been sacked for issuing an honest report on the Corporation’s wrongdoings.
Didi also argued that the case falls under the jurisdiction of the Parliament according to Article 145 of the Parliamentary Regulations.
The MMPRC Audit Report states that over $64 million ($921 million) had “vanished” from the MMPRC coffers from May 2014 to October 2015.
Furthermore, it notes that some 60 cheques totaling $65 million that should have been deposited to MMPRC accounts were in fact deposited into accounts of unrelated companies in violation of the MMPRC’s Board Resolution.
The report also points to the fact that several banks had accepted cheques from the MMPRC without the signs of two authorised signatories in violation of the Banking Act of Maldives.
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