Former Chief Justice Dr Ahmed Abdulla Didi has said that if the People’s Majlis does not exercise its power to impeach the president, the responsibility falls on citizens under the Constitution.
In a post on X, Didi argued that when the president’s use of power becomes unconstitutional and parliament, which holds the impeachment authority, declines to act, the remaining path is Article 4. That article states that all state power originates from and remains with the people.
He added that a parliament genuinely representing the public would already have begun impeachment proceedings. Didi also noted that the Constitution does not recognise a no-confidence vote against the president; the prescribed mechanism is the impeachment process in Article 100.
The remarks followed a call by Velidhoo MP Mohamed Abbas for a no-confidence motion. No formal impeachment resolution has been introduced in the Majlis.
