General Purpose Committee
12 Oct 2026 Number M20/M/AM/2026/16
Today's meeting was held to review the issues submitted to the committee regarding debate time allocation for the Threshold-2 Petitions submitted to the Majlis; "Petition requesting a solution, in consultation with relevant authorities, to exempt students who enrolled prior to the 2nd Amendment to the Qualifying Law Degree Programmes Regulation" and "Petition calling to discontinue the expensive health insurance scheme entitled to Members of the Parliament that is not available to the general public".
After examining these issues, Holhudhoo Constituency Member Abdul Sattar Mohamed proposed that to debate in Parliament the "Petition requesting a solution, in consultation with relevant authorities, to exempt students who enrolled prior to the 2nd Amendment to the Qualifying Law Degree Programmes Regulation" which has received the threshold 2 (two) signatures mentioned in Article 257-6 (c) of the Standing Order of the Parliament, as per Article 257-13 (b), the total time of debate on the said petition shall be 1 (one) hour, and during that 1 (one) hour time shall be distributed among the Parliament Members in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 110 (b) of the Standing Order of the Peoples Majlis. The motion was supported by Thimarafushi Constituency Member Ahmed Riyaz. The motion was passed unanimously by the members present and voting at the committee meeting.
Following this, Kanditheemu Constituency Member, Ameen Faisal proposed that to debate in Parliament the "Petition calling to discontinue the expensive health insurance scheme entitled to Members of the Parliament that is not available to the general public" which has received the threshold 2 (two) signatures mentioned in Article 257-6 (c) of the Standing Order of the Peoples Majlis, as per Article 257-13 (b), the total time of debate on the said petition shall be 2 (two) hour and during that 2 (two) hour time shall be distributed among the Parliament Members in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 110 (b) of the Standing Order of Peoples Majlis. The motion was supported by South Henveyru Constituency Member Hussain Imran Latheef. The motion was passed unanimously by the members present and voting at the committee meeting.
Hussain Imran Latheef
South Henveyru
Present
Abdul Sattar Mohamed
Holhudhoo
Present
Abdul Latheef Abdul Rahman
Alifushi
Present
Mohamed Ali
Dhuvaafaru
Present
Abdul Hannan Aboobakuru
Thulhaadhoo
Present
Hussain Riza Adam
Maafushi
Simultaneous Committee
Ibrahim Didi
South Feydhoo
Simultaneous Committee
Mohamed Shahid
Hulhudhoo
Present
Ahmed Riyaz
Thimarafushi
Present
Ismail Shafeeu
Isdhoo
Sick Leave
Ameen Faisal
Kanditheemu
Present
Mohamed Shahid
Hulhudhoo
Hussain Imran Latheef
South Henveyru
Abdul Sattar Mohamed
Holhudhoo
Abdul Latheef Abdul Rahman
Alifushi
Mohamed Ali
Dhuvaafaru
Abdul Hannan Aboobakuru
Thulhaadhoo
Hussain Riza Adam
Maafushi
Ibrahim Didi
South Feydhoo
Ahmed Riyaz
Thimarafushi
Ismail Shafeeu
Isdhoo
Ameen Faisal
Kanditheemu
Mohamed Shahid
Hulhudhoo
Hussain Imran Latheef
South Henveyru
Abdul Sattar Mohamed
Holhudhoo
Abdul Latheef Abdul Rahman
Alifushi
Mohamed Ali
Dhuvaafaru
Abdul Hannan Aboobakuru
Thulhaadhoo
Hussain Riza Adam
Maafushi
Ibrahim Didi
South Feydhoo
Ahmed Riyaz
Thimarafushi
Ismail Shafeeu
Isdhoo
Ameen Faisal
Kanditheemu
08 Oct 2026
Debate time allocation for "Petition requesting a solution to exempt students who enrolled prior to the Amendment to the Qualifying Law Degree Programmes Regulation".
Completed
08 Oct 2026
Debate time allocation for "Petition calling to discontinue the expensive health insurance scheme entitled to Members of the Parliament that is not available to the general public".
Completed
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