President returns while Speaker exits country

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President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu returned to Male’ from Qatar while Parliament Speaker Abdul Raheem Abdulla left for Pakistan on Tuesday, with the Parliament set to take a vote on a contentious media bill that seeks to replace the existing self-regulatory system with a government-controlled commission. According to the Parliament’s secretariat, Abdul Raheem, the chairman of the ruling People’s National Congress (PNC),