Parliament has accepted the nomination of former Raajje TV COO, Hussain Fiyaz Moosa for the role of Information Commissioner and subsequently passed a vote appointing him to the position.

Fiyaz was approved as the Information Commissioner with the votes of 72 members out of the 74 members who were present during the sitting. The Parliament Committee on Independent Institutions had submitted two other names along with Fiyaz to the Parliament floor, after having conducted a fair share of reasearch into the nominees.

In addition to Fiyaz, the committee researched into former EC Member, Ahmed Fayaz and Ahmed Aahidh Rasheed.

President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih nominated nine applicants, whose names were then sent to the Parliament. The Parliament then interviewed four of the candidates, in order of importance as given by the President.

The committee interviewed Fiyaz, Fayaz and Aahidh in addition to Fathimath Saushan.