Maldives parliament on Tuesday has approved the new Elections Commission member ahead of presidential elections in 2018.
President Abdulla Yameen nominated Ali Nashaath as the new electoral watchdog's member and his name was accordingly presented to parliament for approval. In Tuesday's sitting Nashaath was approved onboard Elections Commission with 32 votes in favor; all from government aligned lawmakers.
Opposition had continued their streak of boycotting parliament sittings as a way to enforce parliament Speaker Abdulla Maseeh's loss of credibility.
Nashaath has been elected as the new EC member following the resignation of previous member Mohamed Shakeel.
