MDP asks PG to probe 'agreement' to topple Nasheed
MDP spokesperson and Maafannu-North MP Imthiyaz Fahmy said the case has been submitted to the PG’s office with evidence. According to Imthiyaz, PG has the authority to order and lead investigations in such cases. “We didn’t file the case at the police as top officers were involved in the coup and hence they won't investigate it,” Imthiyaz said. 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 had not signed any agreement to topple Nasheed. DRP spokesperson Ali Solih said the signature appearing under Thasmeen's name in the agreement was not even his. 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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