🇲🇻 Maldives: Coup on the Coral Islands? | 101 East

The Maldives has seen its first democratically-elected president, Mohamad Nasheed, resign amid rumours of a coup.

It has thrown the South Asian archipelago into political chaos, with Nasheed’s supporters continuing their protests in the capital, Male.

The new administration is trying to weather the storm with a coalition government, joining up with parties linked to conservative Islam and the country’s previous 30-year dictatorship.

101 East speaks with Mohammed Waheed Hassan, the newly-sworn in president, about the state of democracy in the Maldives.
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