The no-confidence motion against Speaker Mohamed Nasheed has been scheduled for tomorrow's parliament session.

The Parliament Secretariat released the agenda for Monday's session of the Parliament earlier on Sunday night. The only thing on the agenda is to decide on the no-confidence motion against Speaker Mohamed Nasheed.

The motion for Nasheed's removal from the post of Speaker with the signatures of 48 lawmakers of MDP's PG, and as per the constitution and parliamentary rules, the deadline for sending a 14-day notice to the speaker and members expired on Thursday.

As per the parliamentary rules, Sunday is not a day when the parliament session should be convened, so only the no-confidence motion is on the agenda of Sunday's session, but the session was cancelled due to the presence of vice president Eva Abdulla, who was the vice president.

Although the constitution and parliamentary rules state that the Deputy Speaker should preside over the no-confidence motion against the Speaker and vice versa. However, none of them specify the next course of action if they fail to turn up for any reason.

The same thing happened in the previous no-confidence motion against the Speaker and Deputy Speaker. The Speaker did not attend the session where the no-confidence motion against the Deputy Speaker was scheduled.

MDP has filed a no-confidence motion against the speaker for the second time after the Democrats, led by President Nasheed and Eva, withdrew support for MDP's presidential candidate, President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, during the second round of the presidential election.

MDP has appealed to the Supreme Court seeking a solution to Nasheed's removal as the is not going on in the parliament.

Speaking at a press conference held by the party's legal team at the party's former office after filing the case in the Supreme Court, MP Ahmed Abdulla Afeef, who was part of the team, said that Secretary General's decision was against the constitution and the rules of the parliament.

"We have sought a direction to the Parliament to declare that in case the Deputy Speaker is not present to preside over the decision on the motion for removal of the Speaker under Article 205(b) of the Parliament, it shall be binding on the Parliament to comply with Rule 44 of the Parliament in the event of non-attendance," he said.

"Further, if a motion has been moved to remove Speaker from the post of Speaker of the Parliament, then any other matter presented in the Parliament at that time can be debated or a decision shall be taken only after taking a decision on the motion regarding the removal of the Speaker. We have requested to declare that no other session of parliament can be held," Afeef said.

Afeef, a former legal council at the President's Office, said the parliament should always function and the constitution and the rules of parliament should be interpreted in such a way that the parliament can function without interruption.

Article 44 of the Rules of Parliament states that if the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament are unable to preside, then the Chair shall be headed by one of the five members who have served in the Parliament for the longest period of time. Clause (b) states that an announcement should be made within two weeks.

Earlier, villufushi MP Hassan Afeef presided over the proceedings when the speaker and Deputy Speaker were unable to preside.