The members of the 20th Parliament have taken their oath during a special session at the Parliament of the Maldives on May 28.
Chief Justice Ahmed Muthasim Adnan administered the oath taking ceremony to the 93 members, marking the largest Parliament in history of the country. Following the swearing-in, members signed the oath.
The main ruling party People's National Congress (PNC) secured a supermajority with 75 out of 93 seats. Parliamentarian Ibrahim Falah has been appointed as the PNC Parliamentary Group (PG) Leader and Parliamentary Majority Leader. Parliamentarian Ibrahim Shujau will serve as the Senior Deputy PG Leader, with Parliamentarians Mohamed Ismail, Ahmed Thoriq, and Mohamed Shahid as Deputy Leaders.
The Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), which held the supermajority in the 19th Parliament, will be the minority party in the new Parliament, having won only 12 seats in the recent election. Parliamentarian Ibrahim Nazil has been elected as the Parliamentary Minority PG Leader, with Parliamentarians Hussain Ziyad and Ahmed Didi as Deputy PG Leaders.
The new Parliament also includes two independent members, one member from the Jumhooree Party (JP), one from the Maldives National Party (MNP), and two members from the Maldives Development Alliance (MDA). The PNC PG has endorsed the election of Parliamentarian Abdul Raheem Abdulla as the Speaker and Ahmed Nazim as the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament.