President Waheed forms commission to investigate transfer of power
22 Feb 2012, 3:14 PM
Mohamed Naahee
President Dr Mohamed Waheed Hassan has formed a “Commission of National Inquiry” to investigate the events that unfolded in the Maldives during the period from 14 January to 8 February.
The inquiry was created by presidential decree as per the article 223 clause (d) of the constitution.
The President’s Office stated that the commission was established to make “an independent impartial investigation” into the change of power and surrounding protests.
President Waheed nominated three members to the commission: former minister of defence and national security during President Maumoon Abdul Gayyoom’s administration Ismail Shafeeu, Gayoom’s former minister of tourism and the first president of the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives (HRCM) Ahmed Mujuthaba, and Dr Ibrahim Yasir.
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