Published analysis
Read the full article on Maldives News: Bill would let Cabinet take land out of council hands
Standfirst. A pro-government MP’s Decentralisation Act amendment would move decisions over island land from councils to the Cabinet, Avas reports.
Key facts
- An amendment to the Decentralisation Act, submitted by pro-government Thulusdhoo MP Abdul Hannan Aboobakuru, would let the Cabinet separate land from an island council’s jurisdiction whenever the government wants it for a development project, per Avas on August 5.
- The reach covers harbours, housing plots and land next to resorts; councils can currently block such transfers and the amendment removes that block.
- The bill arrived the same week the LGA postponed its board election indefinitely on August 4, four days before the scheduled August 8 vote.
- The bill’s detailed text has not been reported, and there is no committee schedule, no LGA, MDP, council or government reaction on record, and no reporting on which projects prompted it.