Published analysis
Read the full article on Maldives News: 5,000 signatures against the Majlis’s own perk
Standfirst. A petition to scrap MPs’ MVR 1m-a-year health insurance has more than doubled the 2,100 signatures that force a Majlis debate.
Key facts
- A citizens’ petition to scrap MPs’ special health insurance passed 5,000 signatures, per Mihaaru on 21 August, well over the 2,100 needed to force a Majlis debate and committee response.
- The insurance scheme costs more than MVR 1 million a year per member, not for the chamber as a whole.
- The threshold was crossed days after the Majlis amended its own petitions rules on 18 August, making this an early trial of the new system.
- Organisers, a tabling date and a responding committee remain unidentified in the reporting; the Majlis session runs to 27 August after a 58-0 extension vote on 18 August.