Parliament has decided to hold the vote on approval of the 22 ministers in the cabinet of President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu at 1:30pm today.

The issue of approval of ministers was moved by Maafannu South MP Mohamed Falah, who is the Chairman of the Parliamentary Government Accountability Committee, which examined the issue.

The report of the Parliamentary Government Accountability Committee examined the matter. The 22 ministers in the cabinet were approved by the committee.

When the report was presented to the Parliament, the debate on the report was fixed at 30 minutes and only one member from each party was given four minutes to debate.

Thimarafushi MP, who represented independent MPs asked Parliament to approve the nominations sent by President Muizzu to the Cabinet as they meet the requirements under the Constitution.

Speaking on behalf of the PPM, Mahibadhoo MP Ahmed Thorig said the parliament had approved all the ministers appointed by the President in all the previous presidential elections. In all the elections held in the past 15 years, all the parliaments had approved the first cabinet, he said. Thorig said that PPM, which had a majority in parliament at the time, had approved the cabinet sent by President Ibrahim Mohammed Solih during the last MDP government. He said parliament should approve Muizzu's cabinet as well.

Speaking on behalf of the MDP, Vice-President of the Parliament and Hoarafushi MP Mohammed Saleem said the requirements of the Constitution are simple and the Parliament should consider whether the minister can perform the duties assigned to them. The committee that examined the matter did not look into it, he said.

Central Henveiru MP Ali Azim from The Democrats alleged that the government was trying to bribe lawmakers, adding that the party has decided not to approve some ministers.

Speaking on behalf of PNC, Thulusdhoo MP Ibrahim Nazeem asked the MPs to approve the ministers as decided by the committee. Kudahuvadhoo MP Ahmed Amir, who spoke on behalf of MDA, also stressed the importance of approving the ministers.

Stressing the importance of approving ministers, JP leader and Maamigili MP Qasim Ibrahim said that not giving approval to ministers is destroying the country and it is selfishness.