A smiling Speaker Nasheed at the Male Hospital
A believer in democracy and human rights, Mohamed Nasheed was once the elected President of the archipelago, a haven for tourists and rich in marine resources. He is easily one of the flamboyant politicians in the Republic of Maldives.
Just days earlier, he was given up for good after an improvised explosive device exploded when he was returning from a meeting in the capital island of Male. His lung was damaged, and shrapnel missed his heart only by less than an inch. Doctors were against flying him out in an air ambulance for treatment in Singapore. Moving his body, they warned, would have been an anathema. He left Male on Thursday Germany for treatment. He was accompanied by a personal security contingent. In addition, the government has also given him an official residence. And suddenly this week, doctors and family members were thrilled when he gained consciousness.
At the time the incident occurred, he was returning after a meeting with President Ibrahim Soli, a personal friend. Nasheed is the Speaker of the Majlis or Parliament.
In the weeks before the incident, he had been discussing a proposal for the Maldives to return to parliamentary rule with a Prime Minister.
Now, detectives from Australia’s Federal Police have arrived to conduct a full investigation. There were messages from the world over wishing Mr Nasheed an early recovery.
Alas, the message from the Sri Lanka Foreign Ministry showed that everything is foreign to them. A statement condemning the incident described him as Mohamed Abdulla Nasheed. It appears that the Foreign Ministry has not verified the name. There is no Abdulla in his name.
One of Mr Nasheed’s efforts as President, which received worldwide publicity, was the Cabinet meeting he chaired underwater wearing diving gear.
His ministers and donned diving gear and the exercise was designed to draw world attention to what would happen to the Maldives due to global warming.
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