Fact Check: Kicks, Punches in Maldives Parliament

Sun Jan 28 2024
icon-facebook icon-twitter icon-whatsapp

MALÉ:  Dramatic videos on different social media showed a fight that broke out in Maldives Parliament when PNC and PPM disrupted proceedings for a scheduled vote on parliamentary approval for the Muizzu government, local media reported. They punch, push, kick, and jostle on the floor of Maldivian parliament.

In one of the footages, which is now in wide circulation on social media, an MP is seen holding a fellow MP’s leg and the two taking a tumble together. The video also shows other legislators trying to push the MP away.

The two persons seen in the fight are reportedly Maldivian Democratic Party MP Isa and ruling PNC MP Abdullah Shaheem Abdul Hakeem.

In another footage, the MP is seen blowing an alert into the speaker’s ear, who tries to stop the noise by putting his hands to his ear. Some reports say several ruling party members blocked the House and interrupted the session.

 

 

 

icon-facebook icon-twitter icon-whatsapp