The issue of reconstituting committees has been tabled for Wednesday’s parliament sitting amidst a halt in committee work due to quarreling political parties.
The ruling Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), which also holds parliament majority, is seeking to impeach both the speaker and deputy speaker.
According to parliament's rules, the procedures for the impeachment sittings must be approved by the general affairs committee.
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 MDP on May 17.
The composition of the standing committees is based on the number of MPs in the political parties represented in parliament.
Parties have not been able to reach an agreement on the new composition and membership of the committees.
Parties held negotiations to reconstitute the committees on Thursday, but no agreements were reached.
MDP wants 64 percent in each committee, but the opposition parties claim the percentage has to be distributed between all the committees.
