Ibrahim Shaz is scheduled to take the oath of the Parliament of the Maldives as the representative of the Guraidhoo Constituency on April 24. The Secretariat of the Parliament stated that Shaz will be sworn in at 1000hrs and will participate in that day’s sitting.
The candidate of the main ruling Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), Shaz, won the Guraidhoo Constituency by-election. It is the first time MDP won the Guraidhoo Constituency Parliament seat on April 15. The results show that MDP candidate Shaz won with 50% or 1,346 votes while the candidate of the main opposition Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) Hussain Riza received 1,226 votes, and the candidate of the Maldives National Party (MNP) Ali Areef received 122 votes.
The Guraidhoo Constituency Parliament seat became vacant after Parliamentarian Ibrahim Riza passed away on February 23 while undergoing treatment for cancer in Malaysia. It is the second time a by-election was held during the current parliamentary term. The first by-election was held after the death of Parliamentarian Hussain Waheed.