Maldives “A new kind of coup”, says President’s Special Advisor Dr Hassan Saeed, in leaked audio recording
27 Feb 2012, 3:20 PM
Mohamed Naahee
President Dr Mohamed Waheed Hassan’s Special Advisor, Dr Hassan Saeed, has said in a second leaked audio clip that given the current situation in the Maldives, the change of government on February 7 was “a new kind of coup”.
In the audio clip, said to be recorded while he was speaking to the Maldivian students in the UK, Saeed states: ʺThis is how we observe coups in practice. So the Maldives [case] has become a new category of coup. You have a coup. Within twenty four hours you have the deposed President campaigning in the media with full protection.”
ʺSo, we have to add another new category of coup to the normal definition. Obviously this is different, different than the [coups] that I know of,” Saeed continues.
“The way the person who assumed power came in after the coup was different in this case. The way we treat a deposed President after a coup has also changed.”
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