Azmee and Shafeeu elected to Bar Council’s Executive Committee

Mohamed Azmee and Mohamed Shafeeu has been elected to Bar Council of Maldives (BCM)’s Executive Committee during an election held online.

BCM’s Executive Committee comprises of a president, a vice president and seven other members.

The election was held as the term of the Committee’s vice president and four incumbent members are set to expire. They are:

• Mizna Ahmed, Vice President
• Ahmed Muizzu, Member
• Dheena Hussain, Member
• Ibrahim Shameel, Member
• Sadhih Naseer, Member

The remaining members in BCM’s Executive Committee are its President Hussain Siraj and three members: Aminath Sheena Mohamed, Ahmed Shifau and Abdul Salaam Arif.

An online election was conducted on Monday to select two individuals from among the applicants who applied for the membership positions, following the announcement made on April 28th.

According to BCM, a total of 1,078 lawyers registered to vote in the election.

Azmee and Shafeeu were elected for the post in a majority vote. In this regard, they received the following votes:

Azmee

In favor: 132 votes

Against: 96 votes

Total votes: 228

Number of people who did not vote: 850

Shafeeu

In favor: 270 votes

Against: 39 votes

Total votes: 309

Number of people who did not vote: 769

According to BCM, it will open applications for the Executive Committee’s vice presidency and the remaining three posts today, with a deadline set for 15:00pm on Sunday, June 15^th.