No nominee agreed for Commission of National Inquiry, clarifies Commonwealth
30 May 2012, 7:02 PM
The Commonwealth has issued a statement clarifying that neither the government or former President Mohamed Nasheed have yet agreed on a nominee to the Commission on National Inquiry (CNI).
The CNI was former by President Mohamed Waheed to investigate the controversial circumstances which brought him to power on February 7. Former President Nasheed resigned, allegedly under duress, after elements of the police and military joined opposition demonstrators in an assault on the main military base in Male’.
Nasheed and the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) – and subsequently the Commonwealth – criticised the independence of the three-member CNI, which is presently chaired by former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom’s Defence Minister.
Pressured by the Commonwealth, the government agreed to allow a retired foreign judge and a representative for Nasheed sit on the panel, but imposed conditions on this nominee:
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