Speaking after inaugurating a new campaign outlet in Male, Nasheed said he had accepted the Commonwealth-backed commission's findings as it had included reforming the police in addition to "legitimising" the transfer of power. However, he was quick to point out that no steps have been taken to reform the police. The former president stressed that the biggest concern is the suspicions surrounding the police. But he said he hoped to address each officer separately in an attempt to reform the institution. "I know that institution and worked with it in many ways for so long. I believe that Maldives cannot have stability without reforming the police service," he said. "During this period, I urge all members of this party to smile at police officers, to care for them, to cooperate with them and trust them." Nasheed, who is contesting the September 7 presidential elections, said people's hatred towards the police had been due to the efforts of the police to force confessions. But only a few confessions had been taken through coercion after the new constitution came into effect in 2007, he added. "Again we are hearing the same thing," he said. CoNI last August had declared the power transfer constitutional and that Nasheed had resigned on his own free will. Nasheed's Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) had earlier implicated the Commonwealth in the alleged "coup d'etat," which saw the downfall of its government after weeks of opposition protests capped off by a police mutiny.