Former SAARC Secretary General announces self-exile until establishment of democratic government
16 Dec 2012, 6:38 PM
Mohamed Naahee
Former Secretary General of SAARC Ibrahim Hussein Zaki has announced that he will be remain in India in self -imposed exile until President Mohamed Waheed’s government is brought to an end and a new “democratic government” installed.
“I will go back to the Maldives to participate in the oath taking ceremony of a democratic president who gets elected through a free and fair election,” he said.
Zaki made the remarks in an interview with the opposition-aligned Raajje Television on Friday Night.
“How [police] attacked me while I was on Hodaidhoo island is a clear notion that I will be destroyed should I continue staying in Maldivian territory,” he said referring to his arrest while in the island of Hodaidhoo.
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