President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has yesterday by a Presidenctial Decree, decided the jurisdiction of constituencies, City Councils, Island Councils and Atoll Councils.

The President has declared as such, in accordance with the Article 230 (a) of the Constitution of the Maldives which stipulates that the administrative divisions of the Maldives shall be administered decentrally. In addition, under the Act on Decentralization of the Administrative Divisions of the Maldives (law number: 7/2010) the President has the power to declare the jurisdiction of city councils and island councils within the administrative divisions of the Maldives.