Maldives expands cabinet
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February 13, 2012, Monday
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THE Maldives' new president yesterday expanded his cabinet amid a political stalemate with ex-leader Mohamed Nasheed, who since leaving office last week in what he calls a coup has vowed to stage street protests unless new elections are held.
The new cabinet members are almost all veterans of the government of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who ruled the Maldives for 30 years until Nasheed beat him at a historic election in 2008.
Nasheed, the Maldives' first democratically elected president, says he was ousted in a coup carried out on Tuesday by mutinying police and military officers, who forced him to step down.
New President Mohamed Waheed Hussain Manik says his predecessor resigned voluntarily, and that his assuming of power after previously serving as vice-president is constitutional.
Tempers appeared to have cooled on Male, the capital of the 1,200-island archipelago nation best known as one of the world's top get-away-from-it-all beach holiday destinations.
Nasheed late on Saturday spoke to several thousand supporters in Male, and the rally dispersed without violence or a visible security force presence.
Diplomats from the US, Britain, India, United Nations and Commonwealth are in the Maldives pressing for an independent inquiry after Nasheed quit on Tuesday and the next day, rallied supporters for protests that ended in violence.
Nasheed's Maldivian Democratic Party has yet to recognise the new government.
The new cabinet members are almost all veterans of the government of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who ruled the Maldives for 30 years until Nasheed beat him at a historic election in 2008.
Nasheed, the Maldives' first democratically elected president, says he was ousted in a coup carried out on Tuesday by mutinying police and military officers, who forced him to step down.
New President Mohamed Waheed Hussain Manik says his predecessor resigned voluntarily, and that his assuming of power after previously serving as vice-president is constitutional.
Tempers appeared to have cooled on Male, the capital of the 1,200-island archipelago nation best known as one of the world's top get-away-from-it-all beach holiday destinations.
Nasheed late on Saturday spoke to several thousand supporters in Male, and the rally dispersed without violence or a visible security force presence.
Diplomats from the US, Britain, India, United Nations and Commonwealth are in the Maldives pressing for an independent inquiry after Nasheed quit on Tuesday and the next day, rallied supporters for protests that ended in violence.
Nasheed's Maldivian Democratic Party has yet to recognise the new government.
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