Tagged: Maldives authoritarian reversal

“Nasheed never phoned me”: Waheed on 7/2

by Azra Naseem

Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik, who took oath of office as President of the Maldives on 7 February, gave an interview to the Commission of National Inquiry (CoNI) on 8 May 2012. Dhivehi Sitee has seen a copy of the English translation of the interview. Shared here is Dhivehi Sitee’s reading of the document. Some of the questions and responses have been summarised for brevity. Where I have been unable to decipher a coherent meaning from the translation, I have left the text and words as is, marked [sic].

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We had no intention of letting Nasheed interfere with the judiciary: Yameen to CoNI

By Azra Naseem

Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) Parliamentary Group Leader and 2013 Presidential candidate, Yameen Abdul Gayoom, gave a testimony to the Commission of National Inquiry (CoNI) on 30 April 2012 regarding the end of the first democratically elected government of the Maldives. This is a translation of parts of the testimony dealing specifically with the events leading to and on 7 February 2012, as told by Yameen.

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7 February 2012, according to Umar Naseer

by Azra Naseem

On 13 May 2012, PPM Interim Deputy Leader and 2013 presidential candidate, Umar Naseer, gave an interview to the Commission of National Inquiry (CoNI) on how the events of 7 February 2012 unfolded. This is a translation of the part of the interview focusing specifically on the protests of 6 February and the subsequent events that culminated in President Nasheed’s resignation.

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