Ex-opposition parties refute 'agreement' to topple Nasheed

According to the agreement, it had been signed by former interim deputy president of Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) Umar Naseer, Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP) leader Ahmed Thasmeen Ali, Jumhoory Party (JP) leader Gasim Ibrahim, civil coalition vice president Abdulla Mohamed, Adhaalath Party chief spokesperson Mohamed Shaheem Ali Saeed, Dhivehi Qaumee Party (DQP) president Dr Hassan Saeed and People's Alliance parliamentary group leader Ahmed Nazim. However, most of them told Haveeru that they did not sign any agreement to topple Nasheed. DRP spokesperson Ali Solih said the signature appearing under Thasmeen's name in the agreement was not even his. "That is my initial. The signature has been forged from my initial I sign some documents sent out to the media. So the leaked agreement claiming to be signed by Thasmeen actually has my initial," he said. "But I did not sign any such agreement. We can clearly tell that it is a fake document based on the DRP stamp on it. The stamp has clearly faded." Solih did admit that three DRP members had been in the steering committee formed following the many violations of the law by Nasheed during his presidency. "But it was never our intention to oust Nasheed from power. The people including Thasmeen, Nazim, Hassan Saeed and Yamin who allegedly signed the agreement never even took part in the steering committee meetings. But Umar Naseer and Imran attended some of those meetings. But Shaheem wasn't a part of it. We didn't sign any agreement," he insisted. DQP president Dr Hassan said he had not even seen such an agreement. "That is most definitely a forged document. I didn't sign any agreement," he said. Gasim and MP Nazim were not immediately available for comment. The alleged agreement mainly set down a process to topple Nasheed accusing him of "anti-Islam" actions and violating the laws governing the country. It also specified February 24, 2012 as the date to oust Nasheed by staging a mass civil disobedience. The process will receive the support of the security forces and the then vice president Mohamed Waheed Hassan, who succeeded Nasheed on February 7 last year. After Nasheed is ousted, a unity government will be formed with Waheed at the helm, the agreement said. Nasheed stepped down in February 7 last year under controversial circumstances amidst weeks of opposition protests following the arbitrary detention of chief criminal judge Abdulla Mohamed capped off by a police mutiny. Since resigning, Nasheed has maintained that he was ousted in a "coup d etat" orchestrated by the then opposition and backed by his vice president Waheed.
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