The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) has suggested presidential election in the Maldives at the earliest. Like India, CMAG wants an election by the end of the year.
While the Maldivian government was lukewarm to the demand, the Maldivian Democratic Party to which the former President, Mohamed Nasheed, belongs has welcomed the CMAG statement.
Noting with regret that the Majlis had not been able to convene as scheduled on March 1, the CMAG said that it “continued to be strongly of the view that the earliest possible expression of the will of the people was required to establish universal faith in the legitimacy of those who govern the country”.
A few days before the People's Majlis is to meet, the CMAG said it wanted all political parties to engage in dialogue without delay, in earnest and in good faith with a view to achieving agreement on the date of early elections, and the processes required to do so, including any necessary constitutional amendments and supporting legislation.
The Commonwealth appointed Donald McKinnon as the Secretary-General's Special Envoy. He arrived in Maldives on Friday for discussions with the various players.
Keywords: CMAG, Maldives crisis, Mohamed Nasheed
Waheed is not our president . He is the leader of the coup.If he is
sworn in office because of Nasheed's resignation why did he formed a
new cabinet. He is totally insane to call its constitutional by taking
it through the means of forces.The bottom Line is this country is in
chaos because of Waheed. We believe in democratic values we are only
calling for early election. Waheed 's 2 months presidency has arrested
and beaten more people then Nasheed's 3 years in office but more
protests were orchestrated violently & inflammatory languages were
used but never was one arrested and beaten.One could say why Nasheed
arrested Criminal Court Magistrate ,I think everyone knows the reason
except the people working for the former dictator Gayoom who has
strings all over the judiciary . Waheed has a political party with the
number of people below two thousand so its obvious he will never call
for early election to doom his political future before November 2013
Thank you for the suggestion made by CMAG. An early election is the only request made by
a majority public. A few proportion is against CMAG suggestion because they knew they
wouldn't win in election. We are closely monitoring for how long the present coup leaders
can rule and fool the country and people. The coup leaders can't do anything according to
the rules and regulation because they came in power against the constitution.
Why..some are so frightened of the Polls when that is the best way to
Know peoples will.
We do have our own constitution and we do have all rights to make our
own decision freely but we not expect outsiders influences our
constitution demanding to amend it. I feel that commonwealth is much
concern on stepping down Mr. Nasheed rather than the rest of country.
My request to commonwealth and other organization to be fair with the
whole public interest rather than giving a side to failure.
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