The report published by the Commission of National Inquiry (CNI) set up to investigate the alleged coup that had taken against former President Mohamed Nasheed states that on February 7 Nasheed had taken the course of action that he had assuming that a “state of emergency” has been put in effect following the “red alert” status of the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) headquarters on the night of February 6. The report by the commission, that had been set up with help from the Commonwealth states that, President Nasheed had written in his statement to the CNI that “during then, the MNDF (Maldives National Defence Force) Headquarters should have been on red alert (state of emergency).” “The announcement of Red Alert presupposed a prior declaration of a state of emergency by the President. The acts of the President on the night of 6 February 2012 and morning of 7 February 2012 were all based on the presupposition that a valid state of emergency had been declared” the report read. However the report also states that President Nasheed had not declared a state of emergency on either of the days. The report detailed that President Nasheed had contemplated discussing the declaring of a state of emergency with the Speaker of Parliament and Chief Justice on the morning of February 7. “His evidence before the Commission was that he wanted to confer with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the Speaker of the Parliament to discuss the question of declaration of a state of emergency. This was well after sunrise on 7 February 2012,” the report states. It is noted in the report that the constitution does not necessitate conference with the Speaker of Parliament nor Chief Justice for the President to declare a state of emergency and that according to the evidence gained by the commission no prerequisites for a state of emergency had occurred either. It is further explained that whilst Judge Abdulla Mohamed, Chief Judge of the Criminal Court had been arrested on the pretext that he posed a risk to national security, nothing that might threaten the security of the nation had happened anywhere in the country and especially highlighted that fundamental rights can only be withheld after declaring a state of emergency as per the constitution and details that a state of emergency can only be declared if an incident of such potent takes place anywhere in the country as per the constitution as well. It is written in the report that Judge Abdulla Mohamed had been arrested on January 16 on the pretext of a threat to national security but that nowhere in the country had anything happened that threatened the security of the nation. The report claims that according to the evidence gathered by the CNI, Nasheed had resigned after the 22 day consecutive protests held by the opposition following Judge Abdulla’s arrest and detention calling for his release as he had been arrested in violation of the constitution. On the 22nd night of the protest by the opposition coalition on the night of February 6, following unconstitutional orders by President Nasheed a group of Policemen disobeyed the orders and voiced their discontent and on the morning of February 7 the Police, members of the MNDF and several citizens were protesting against the government at the Republic Square. The CNI had concluded in their report released today that Nasheed had not resigned under duress though his supporters, the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) and he himself claims so. Though he had said in his resignation that he is resigning due to possible danger to the people of the nation if he remained in power, he had taken to the streets on February 8 and the Police had dealt with Nasheed’s supporters with excessive force. The report concludes that the Police had displayed brutality on February 6,7 and 8 towards Nasheed’s supporters and that the relevant authorities must investigate into the matter and also that the commission has received conclusive evidence that Police and MNDF had violated the General Regulations on February 6,7 and 8.