මේවට තමයි විහිලු කියන්නේ
Former Maldivian President in Sri Lanka seeking support for early election in Maldives
Sun, Mar 25, 2012, 10:25 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Mar 25, Colombo: The former President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed has said that Sri Lanka's support is essential to rebuild Maldives and sought the assistance of the Sri Lankan people and the government to solve his country's problems during a meeting with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Saturday (24) at the Temple Trees.
Addressing a press briefing in Battaramulla, the Maldivian leader, who is on his first visit overseas to Sri Lanka since the coup that ousted him from office in February, has said that he strongly believes Sri Lanka should intervene to restore democracy in his country.
Nasheed has said that he selected Sri Lanka to address the international media due to the strong ties existing between the two countries and called upon the present Maldivian government to declare early elections to restore democracy in the country and end the political turmoil.
The former leader has also met Sri Lankan political leaders and Colombo-based diplomats to seek assistance for his pro-democracy campaign for early election. He feared that the new government is leading to dictatorship.
He has said there was no need to change the country's constitution to go for an early election.
He said that international community including European Union and the Indian and US governments are also calling for the present government to hold early elections during this year although they accepted the new government earlier.
Nasheed said he was shocked to see how quickly India and the US recognized the new government.
"I think that it took them a while to understand what was going on and then they found out it was not possible to maintain the present order. These two governments have made many re-alignments in their policies. It was disappointing at the beginning," Nasheed has said.
The former Maldivian President has said that he was confident of coming back as any government could not remain without the consent of the people
Former Maldivian President in Sri Lanka seeking support for early election in Maldives
Sun, Mar 25, 2012, 10:25 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Mar 25, Colombo: The former President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed has said that Sri Lanka's support is essential to rebuild Maldives and sought the assistance of the Sri Lankan people and the government to solve his country's problems during a meeting with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Saturday (24) at the Temple Trees.
Addressing a press briefing in Battaramulla, the Maldivian leader, who is on his first visit overseas to Sri Lanka since the coup that ousted him from office in February, has said that he strongly believes Sri Lanka should intervene to restore democracy in his country.
Nasheed has said that he selected Sri Lanka to address the international media due to the strong ties existing between the two countries and called upon the present Maldivian government to declare early elections to restore democracy in the country and end the political turmoil.
The former leader has also met Sri Lankan political leaders and Colombo-based diplomats to seek assistance for his pro-democracy campaign for early election. He feared that the new government is leading to dictatorship.
He has said there was no need to change the country's constitution to go for an early election.
He said that international community including European Union and the Indian and US governments are also calling for the present government to hold early elections during this year although they accepted the new government earlier.
Nasheed said he was shocked to see how quickly India and the US recognized the new government.
"I think that it took them a while to understand what was going on and then they found out it was not possible to maintain the present order. These two governments have made many re-alignments in their policies. It was disappointing at the beginning," Nasheed has said.
The former Maldivian President has said that he was confident of coming back as any government could not remain without the consent of the people
