The Commonwealth and the Maldives

By Athif Ali

Commonwealth has put Maldives on the agenda in 2012 hoping they could destroy Maldivian society. Many secret meetings were held with Commonwealth Officials and the Maldivian Democratic Party (popularly known as Maldivian Dangerous People) in London. A close aide of Nasheed in the MDP’s echelon revealed the agreement with commonwealth and Nasheed as blatant and unbelievable. A Commonwealth top official in the London Office was promised a resort in Maldives if he moved Commonwealth to support Nasheed claim to presidency and pressure the current President to resign.

However absurd and dirty the deal is, the truth is just this. All these years when Nasheed’s government committed atrocities in Maldives, the Commonwealth turned a blind eye.  They said it was a domestic issue and that the people should decide. But today all issues both domestic and those addressed in the constitution has suddenly come to the attention of the Commonwealth and everything has to be done in accordance with Commonwealth wishes. This is so, because it’s a deal given to the commonwealth; riches for life from the Maldivian people only revenue tourism.  How dirty and barbaric can anyone be more than this?

The Maldivians today despise the Commonwealth. Every street corner and in every household the Commonwealth is seen as a Goliath trying to crush the little Maldives. The Maldivian Media gives a very virtuous account of Commonwealth bullying tactics on Maldives.  It’s like a leach preying on the vulnerability of this small island nation.  The reality is sad; the very institutions we thought would help us are pressurizing us and robbing us of our pennies just to keep them rich and happy (typically like the Sheriff of Nottingham). How could the rest of the Nations of the Commonwealth ignore and stand by in silence to watch the CMAG go ahead pressuring the legal Government to resign and restore to power a vicious mad and a dangerous man into power to keep the citizens under a tyrant.  It is not a surprise to us; CMAG members are mounting pressure on Maldives, because they were promised resorts in if they help Nasheed (the Maldivian Dictator and tyrant) come into power.

The Maldivian People must never give up hope. This country belongs to us. Neither Nasheed nor Commonwealth did anything to help the Maldives prosper. The defiance of the Maldivian People would prevail however poor we are, we are still nation of freedom loving people.  This is our land our native land. No Maldivian is going to bow to the pressures of Nasheed the Tyrant or the Commonwealth that has cut a deal with Nasheed.

We Maldivians urge Commonwealth Nations and the Queen, to look into the matter. History will not be kind to you, when such corrupt deals are made with rouge un-patriotic people like Nasheed.  Honorable Leaders of democratic Nations must not allow such dirty deals to be made during your watch.

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Nasheed's Racist Twist

David Hardingham "Keeper of Nasheed"

One would never have thought that Commonwealth favorite Mr. Mohamed Nasheed was racist.  His British advisor and Keeper Mr. David Hardingham’s  last card in shear desperation has led this little cynical man who resigned from power under the influence of drugs to engage in racist activities as a means to regain power he surrendered on February 07, 2012.  Nasheed’s close aide Hora Ibbe said “I asked him not to go out there on the morning of February 7^th. I knew he will blow it, because he was drinking heavily the night before at Muliaage.”

Nasheed’s Addiction to light drugs and alcohol had taken its toll on him. In his letter of resignation to the Speaker of Parliament he wrote, I resign from my position as President of Maldives, because I believe  I may cause harm to Maldives and its people if I stayed any longer as President. 

His exhaustive struggle to regain power, he lost while under the influence of alcohol began the very next day 8^th of February. Remarkably it was also the day the table turned. During his watch, Nasheed had ordered the use of pepper spray and rubber bullets on the Itthihaad coalition demonstrations when in power for 26 days. He faced tear gas and pepper spray for the first time on February 8, 2012. The breakup of the demonstrations on February 8^th was not nearly as violent as it was in the preceding days of demonstrations by Itthihaad. However, the western press reported otherwise.

Now having exhausted all other means of mounting pressure, intimidating, disturbing the peace in the community, Nasheed has resorted to a unique racist approach.  The latest of his racist acts is to depict President Mohamed Waheed as a crow. Why? Because Dr. Waheed is born dark skinned, and the crow is black.   

This latest plan is masterminded Mr. David Hardingham a British national and Christian preacher, Racist and Keeper of Mr. Nasheed.  Britain has yet to rid itself of the appalling racist ideology that was rooted in most all British colonies during the hay days of the British Empire.  Chair of Britain’s Commission for Racial Equality Trevor Phillips accused Britain of "sleepwalking toward apartheid" He said Britain is fragmenting into isolated racial communities.  

The BBC has reported that the latest crime statistics appear to support Phillips' concerns. They show that race-hate crimes increased by almost 600 per cent in London in the month after the July 7 bomb attacks, with 269 more offences allegedly "motivated by religious hatred" reported to the Metropolitan Police, compared to the same period last year.

MDP Poster used in Demonstrations

MDP supporters rally the streets of Male with caged crows, and posters of President Waheed’s head in a crow's picture representing color hatred.  Nasheed and the MDP cult have put  Hardingham’s racist plan into full operation in Maldives.  Nasheed has shown his true colors. Without doubt he is the most terrible person that Maldives ever saw in the darn age in time.  One could without reasonably attribute  Nasheed in Maldives to Hitler in Europe for spreading so much hate and animosity among a nation.  So much pain and agony has been endured by the people, Nasheed with his cultic seduction, has managed to take control of the minds of young people supplying them small doses of drugs, and secure places to engage in extra marital "free" sex. 

In his dire desperation the MDP cult has engaged Black magic and sorcery  to force President Dr. Mohamed Waheed out of Office.  Smoking rituals are a daily occurring in the Usfasgandu.  A police raid on the Usfasgandu area revealed material that were used in  sorcery practice tied to the wings of the crows that were caged, and branches of shrubs and bushes.

These are symptoms of cultic beginnings.  With the blessing of the Commonwealth leadership particularly the CMAG and a few in the CW Secretariat whose names we wish not to reveal for the moment,  Mr. Nasheed continues his campaign of vandalizing and destroying its social fabric of our society, calling for change of the constitution to accommodate religious pluralism in the country.

Unfolding Maldives Judicial Melodrama

Senior MDP Officials and the President is in Criminal Contempt of Court.

With little hope of a negotiated settlement on the unfolding Melodrama of President Nasheed’s rule of Maldives, he now appears to be bracing in for the ultimate fight like Colonel Muamar Gadhafi, Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak did during their last days in office. Self-proclaimed democrat Mohamed Nasheed’s short period in office has been mystified with arbitrary arrest of opposition leaders, seizures of Judges and forceful shutting of the Supreme Court of Maldives.

On the wee hours of 16^th January the nation was plunged into yet another chaotic situation with the abduction of the Chief Judge Abdulla Mohamed (Abdulla Qazi) from his house and holding him in involuntary confinement without any legal basis by the military. This action was prompted after Judge Abdulla Mohamed released an opposition leader who was detained by the police without a warrant for allegedly defaming the government.  

The High Court and the Supreme Court issued judgment to release Judge Abdulla Mohamed immediately without precondition.  President Nasheed has failed to comply with the ruling thus far. The opposition claims “The President is in Contempt of Supreme Court” and demands legal action. A Joint anti-Nasheed demonstration is now making its way into the second week in Male. 

Mr. Umar Naseer Vice President of PPM claims, they will continue the demonstrations until Judge Abdulla is released, the authority of the Judiciary established and those guilty of criminal offences against the constitution and the people of Maldives are punished.

In his weekly radio address to the nation the President claimed Constitutional Authority over the Judiciary and the Legislature to ensure smooth functioning of the Constitution, but stopped short of declaring Martial Law and suspension of the Constitution, although on previous occasions he has been quoted as saying that the Constitution is in state of Suspense. 

The wrangling over interpretation of the 2008 constitution’s definitions on the rights and responsibilities of the three separated powers amongst the political parties continues, with each side differing in their interpretations. Refusal of the Government and failure of the opposition to follow constitutional guidelines set out for the interpretation of the Constitution through the Supreme Court is fuelling the Oppositions March now, well into its eighth day.

Chapter II - Fundamental Freedoms Article 69 of the  2008 Constitution states “ No provision of the Constitution shall be interpreted or translated in a manner that would grant to the State or any group or person the right to engage in any activity or perform any act aimed at the destruction of the rights and freedoms set out in this Constitution”.  

Chapter IV - The Judiciary, Article 145c goes on to state; “The Supreme Court shall be the final authority on the interpretation of the Constitution, the Law, and any other matter dealt with by a court of law ” .

In a leaked recording of the President’s address to the Police on January 26, 2012, he expresses his decision to instruct the Ministry of Finance to withhold the salaries of all the Judges in all the lower courts of Maldives. This is without doubt an attempt to disrupt the process of Justice in the country which tantamount to nothing short of criminal contempt of Court. 

Contempt of Court? Yes indeed! Any willful disobedience to, or disregard of, a court order or any misconduct in the presence of a court; any action that interferes with a judge's ability to administer justice or that insults the dignity of the court; is a contempt of court.  It is a charge which can result in fines and jail time and should not stop short of an Impeachment in the case of a President being in contempt of Court.

There are two types of contempt civil and criminal contempt. In addition, contempt can be either direct (occurs in front of the judge and disrupts the court proceedings) or indirect (occurs outside the presence of the judge). Civil contempt occurs when a person refuses to obey a court order. Civil contempt can be "purged" by following the court order. A fine, confinement in jail, or both can be imposed for civil contempt. Criminal contempt involves conduct that interferes with or obstructs justice. Examples of criminal contempt include threatening or insulting a judge or witness and disobeying a subpoena to produce evidence. With criminal contempt, the act of contempt has been completed and the contempt cannot be "purged." The punishment is imposed to vindicate the court's authority.

On a sad note it appears that the Maldivian honey moon with democracy has turned into a wild lusty Demon-cracy with the police forces by night.  The fear of this scenario repetition in subsequent administrations is beginning to baffle the public.  The question that remains to be answered is how could this lunacy be stopped, and what measures need to be taken prevent repetition of abuse of power by subsequent leaders?