The parliament sitting to move the no-confidence motion against deputy speaker Eva Abdulla was adjourned on Tuesday because there was no one to preside over the sitting.
According to the rules of procedure, the speaker must preside over the sitting to move a no-confidence motion against the deputy speaker.
But speaker Mohamed Nasheed earlier stepped away from duties until his impeachment motion, submitted by the ruling Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), was resolved.
Secretary General Fathimath Niusha announced on Tuesday morning that the sitting cannot proceed as a replacement speaker had not been determined.
The rules stipulate the general affairs committee to decide on the number of MPs who could speak in the debate and the time allocated for each speaker.
However, standing committees have yet to be reconstituted after the departure of 13 MPs from the MDP on May 17.
Parties have not been able to reach an agreement on the new composition and membership of the committees.
The composition of the standing committees is based on the number of MPs in the political parties represented in parliament.
As such, the MDP controlled a majority on the committees. But the 13 MPs who left the party had been among those assigned by the MDP to the standing committees. They also included MPs who chaired committees.
Parties held negotiations to reconstitute the committees on Thursday, but no agreements were reached.
They wanted the MDP to hold 50 percent of committee seats with the rest to be divided among other MPs, but MDP disagreed as the party held 64 percent seats in the chamber.
