The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has revealed plans to submit 22 bills to the Parliament of the Maldives in the second session of 2022.
AGO has published a list of bills the government intends to submit to the Parliament, in accordance with the parliamentary regulations. The parliamentary regulations state the government is required to send a list of bills it plans to submit to the Parliament before the start of a new session.
AGO submitted nine of the bills to the President’s Office to be proposed to the Parliament. The list consisted of important bills related to the judicial sector including amendment bills for the Judicature Act, the Judges Act, and the regulations of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). Other bills in the list include amendment bills for the Penal Code of the Maldives and the Prevention of Terrorism Act, as well as the Maldives Health Service Bill.
Speaker of the Parliament Mohamed Nasheed said he expects that only bills related to the judicial sector will be proposed in the second parliamentary session. Two bills have so far been proposed on behalf of the government in the second session.
Additionally, the Secretariat of the Parliament has revealed that 20 bills are being reviewed by 11 committees in the second parliamentary session. The main work on the parliament floor has consisted of questioning cabinet ministers, while committees review 20 bills, including nine bills that have reached their review deadline. The committees are working to complete their review of three bills this month and four bills at the start of June. Work on numerous bills has been scheduled for this parliamentary session, including bills that had not been reviewed in the previous session.