MALE, 7 April, 2021 (TON): In Wednesday’s parliamentary sitting, a total of 22 parliamentarians are on a leave of absence.

Parliament Speaker and former President Mohamed Nasheed, announced the attendance at the beginning of today’s sitting.

Nasheed said that only 22 MPs were in attendance today. Meanwhile, he specified that 22 MPs were on a leave of absence while two MPs were on official visits and three MPs were in quarantine. 

Speaker Nasheed said that out of the 22 MPs on leave, 20 were working in their constituencies. 

The Parliament’s General Committee had declared such visits by Parliamentarians to their constituencies as official visits and to depart in the cause of official visits, parliamentarians are required to obtain a document from the legislative body.

Nasheed specified today, that the most of parliamentarians had departed before the policy of official visits was passed by the committee and only two MPs, Alifushi MP Mohamed Rasheed Hussain and South Kulhudhuffushi MP Jamsheed Mohamed had departed under the policy