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Former Maldivian President Nasheed shocked at India's stand on coup | Expressing unhappiness over the role of the Indian
High Commission officials in Maldives, former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed on Wednesday said he was shocked to see how quickly the Indian government recognized the new government. “I can’t understand why the Indian High Commissioner did not see the events as unfolding. Neither can I understand his briefs and utterances.
It was the first televised coup in Maldives . Live coup. How couldn’t they see
it,” said Nasheed while delivering a talk on “Consolidating democracy in Maldives
” at Observer Research Foundation, a public policy think tank, here today. The
former president said he was “shocked to see how quickly the Indian government
recognised” the new Government. Nasheed, who was ousted in a coup in February
this year, said India should use its influence over the present government and
in the international community to press for elections as early as possible. “We
sincerely hope the Government of India pressurizes the military and police backed
Maldivian Government to hold early elections so that Muslim radicals do not consolidate
their positions,” added Nasheed. Showing confidence in emerging victorious in
the upcoming elections, Nasheed said his party, the Maldivian Democratic Party,
would come back to power in the next elections. “We will never give up,” he added.
He expressed his apprehensions over the scheduled elections of 2013, saying the
military and police, which were not used to taking orders from a civilian head,
are planning to sabotage it. Nasheed also said the Islamic radicals, who had lost
all elections in during his presidency, has now got “three portfolios in the new
government, backed by the military, police and the cronies of former dictator
(Abdul) Gayoom. They are calling the shots and changing policies to cater to them”.
He said if the Islamic radicals were able to consolidate, then Maldives will become
a fundamentalists cell which will become a big threat to the booming sea trade
in the Indian Ocean . “We can’t let radical Islam take more hold in Maldives ,”
he said. Nasheed is in India on a six-day visit and is expected to meet Prime
Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Monday as part of his efforts to prove he is the
rightful leader of the archipelago nation.
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