The administration of President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has submits a bill to parliament, seeking to grant legal powers to two presidential commissions established.
The bill seeks to grant legal powers to Commission on Investigation of Murder and Enforced Disappearances established aiming to investigate the cases that were not given a preferable amount of attention to fully investigate the murdered individuals and disappeared people from January 1, 2012 to November 17, 2018 and the Commission of Corruption and Asset Recovery aimed at recovering state assets and investigating corruption of government officials.
During the Parliament sitting, opposition parliamentarians from Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) protested against the bill. However, Parliament Speaker Qasim Ibrahim noted the bill was submitted in accordance with the constitution, according to the consular general of the parliament.
While the administration has submitted at Parliament to bestow legal authorities to the commissions, submitting information to the commissions have now been opened.