A delegation from the People's Majlis comprising of 2 Raa Atoll members, Ali Waheed and Ibrahim Shaheed Zaki and Secretary General of the Majlis Ahmed Mohamed is visiting Kuala Lumpur to attend the 54th Annual Meeting of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, CPA. The 10 day meeting will deliberate on issues of environment development and security and on widening the role of parliament in these matters.
Along side the main meeting, there will be a meeting for small states of the Commonwealth which will deal with sustainable development, water and waste management, conflicts of interest, corruption, and democratic elections.
The Maldives delegation to this meeting will be headed by Raa member Shaheed Zaki who will make a presentation at the meeting. " We will present a paper at the meeting. Conflict of interest, corruption are major problems facing the region. We have highlighted on the situation of these problems in our country. We have also looked at ways of countering these problems." Saheed Zaki told Miadhu daily before leaving for the meeting. Maldives became a member of CPA in 2000.
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