Maldives Parliament Protests #mvcoup
Protesters near Parliament. Photo via sun.mv
Protests in the Maldives against the coup are mounting. The Maldivian coup President was prevented from opening Parliament, as he damn well should be as the government is illegitimate. I suppose you can see what side I’m on. The coup is done, but now they need to hold election to let people decide.
The Maldivians are damn cool, so you can actually follow all of this stuff online. mvdemocracy.com is a good aggregator of all info. Haaveru has a great blow-by-blow (of any event), the Sun and there’s a live stream at dhivehingeadu.
The Police Commissioner is on Twitter, as is MDP MP Eva Abdulla, as is the legitimate President Nasheed (Anni).
From a friend over chat I heard that the Deputy Chief of Defense resigned, which he thought could be a turning point. There was also a fight over the chair the President was to sit in and a flag toppled over. They’ve arrested Anni’s brother and taken him away.
Generally, the old guard dictatorside is dismantling commissions on corruption and human rights and trying to return to business as usual, but they are popular protests on the streets and they can’t open Parliament. MPs within Parliament are also rebelling. They need to call elections and win or lose on their policies, not the police. Anni’s not even asking for the Presidency back, they’re just asking for the vote. It seems fair.
Posted on Thursday, March 1st, 2012 in Maldives.
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Who decides the “Coup” factor.
Surely not Indica.Ca. or forma Dictator Nasheed.
Poor MR must be getting a bit jittery too.
The guy who got over thrown is a good friend of MR. He should be happy
You dont think he’ll be a little concerned that our folk will get some ideas? That is, if the majority is even aware of what’s happening beyond their backyard.
People are getting disenchanted really fast. I was on a train compartment full of government servants the other day. I think they’re a good barometer to guage the pulse of the average man. You usually hear people laughing at Ranil or bashing NGOs and stuff. This time it was all about rising costs and certain government ministers, Premajayantha, Johnston, SB, Bandula and even Maithripala.
I’m sure there will be some protests and stuff like that, but beyond that I doubt it.
“I was on a train compartment full of government servants ”
Those government servants are some of the laziest buggers around. I’m willing to bet more than half of them sit around farting all day and demand and accept bribes to get something done. They are the last people who should be complaining about others.
Most of them must have voted for this government and some of them must have got their jobs from this government. That’s why I thought their complaints were significant.
I am sure the UN, US, EU and the international community are very much considered about the coup in m’divs. We can surely expect a quick action by them to restore democracy to Maldivian ppl.
uh *concerned. not considered.