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Kalhu Angaara - 7 Feb 2012 Part2

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The first democratically elected government of the Maldives fell on Kalhu Angaara (7 February 2012) after 3 years in power. President Mohamed Nasheed, central to the modern democracy, toppled the thirty-year long dictatorship (1978-2008) of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, resigned live on national television. 'I sincerely believe that if this government is to remain in power, substantive force -- which would harm many citizens -- will become necessary,' he said. Within the hour, Nasheed's Vice President Dr Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik was sworn in as the new president of the Maldives. Compelling evidence has since emerged of a coup d'état, planned and executed by forces loyal to the thirty-year-long authoritarian regime of former dictator Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, deeply entrenched within the Maldivian political elite. Available video and audio footage suggests that key figures in the billion-dollar Maldivian tourism industry, and the increasingly influential Islamist movement, were heavily involved in the planning and execution of the coup. Together with a band of mutinying police and army officers, they held President Nasheed captive within the army HQ in Male' the capital until he agreed to 'resign without condition.'

the coup

Kalhu Angaara - 7 Feb 2012 Part2

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