President Dr Mohamed Waheed Hassan has this afternoon meet with representatives of the parties making up his national unity government to discus how to address the findings of the Commission of National Inquiry (CNI)
According to a press release on the President’s Office website, the meeting saw discussions on agreeing a way forward upon the release of the report compiled by the CNI. The report, which was scheduled to be released today, has been delayed for at least an additional 24 hours.
The President’s Office stated that a consensus was reached at the meeting whereby all the coalition partners pledged to back Dr Waheed’s views concerning the investigation and its findings. No further details were provided on the discussions in the statement.
President’s Office Spokesperson Abbas Adil Riza was not responding to calls at the time of press.
Local media quoted government-aligned Adhaalath Party President Sheikh Imran Abdulla, as saying that the coalition parties had assured President Waheed that they would not allow any persons to create unrest in the Maldives upon the report’s release. He also said that all the coalition parties were ready to help security forces in their work to maintain peace and order.
Chief Spokesperson of Jumhooree Party, Moosa Rameez, speaking to Minivan News today said: “Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik is the president of a coalition government and all the coalition parties have decided to work together with whatever decision he makes regarding the CNI results.”
Rameez said that the coalition parties also agreed not to hold any protests or demonstrations following the CNI report, no matter its final outcome. He added that although government-aligned parties in the coalition had pledged to follow the president’s views on the matter, they had not yet received any additional information about it.
The opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has alleged that President Waheed’s government came to power on February 7 in a “coup e’etat”. These claims form the central focus of the CNI’s investigation into the exact details surrounding the controversial transfer of power.
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Hands up if you thought the report would be black or white? That is, it will clearly state it is a coup or not.
Well that ain't gonna happen. Even in e mandate of the Jury was to give that.
What will most likely be a report, wish-washing the events, without really stating the verdict.
Look at the bright side of this.
Either it states the verdict clearly or not.
In the case it does, a coup would mean bloodshed; not a coup would mean corruption, leading to bloodshed.
So, the best would be a gray report, extending the timeline till next year, for a democratic election.
That is only if MAG allows such an election. I doubt he will.
CNI's mandate was never to deliver a verdict. That would be a gross infringement of the judiciary's powers.
The Commission was established by Presidential decree and with wide-based cooperation from international stakeholders and the Ex-President to investigate events between January 16 and February 7 2012 in efforts to determine the reasons behind the transfer of power that took place.
MDP leadership interpreted these efforts differently because their only interest is in whether any institution would support their claims of a coup. The opposition has so far displayed minimal interest in calling for the reform of institutions which appeared weak and helpless throughout the entire disaster that took place early this year.
MDP supporters no doubt are looking for only one sentence within the report. The rest of the country just wants to move ahead and make sure what happened does not repeat again.
@tsk tsk
The CNI failed to deliver when it chose to exclude critical evidence.
The report is incomplete without that evidence.
No matter how you spin it, those are the facts.
And you are wrong. The people of the Maldives want to know the truth. And the CNI has chosen to withhold the truth.
Its time for direct action.
"The Commission was established by Presidential decree and with wide-based cooperation from international stakeholders and the Ex-President to investigate events between January 16 and February 7 2012 in efforts to determine the reasons behind the transfer of power that took place."
Wonder if the commission had found it!
We all saw this happening long before the unlawful president, however decreed this investigation the final report that turned out to be as unjust as widely expected.
Words cannot express the gravity of this crime!
Selvamuththu has bagged "the monkey people" and he has bagged a lifetime worth, perhaps!