Violent clashes in Maldives delay opening of parliament

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1 mars 2011

Protesters and riot police clashed violently outside the buildings of parliament in the Maldivan city of Malé on Thursday. The clashes occurred when members of parliament representing former President Mohamed Nasheed’s Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) attempted to block the new president, Dr. Mohamed Waheed, from delivering his presidential address to open the parliament. Police confirmed that 14 officers were wounded, four of them seriously, in the clashes with opposition demonstrators.

MDP leader Mohamed Nasheed, former President of the Maldives, has repeatedly claimed he was ousted by Waheed in a military-led coup and called on his supporters to stage Thursday’s demonstration against the new government. Interim President Waheed arrived at the parliament for his address, necessary to open parliament, but was blocked by MDP MPs from entering the building: Read more…

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~ par Alain Bertho sur 2 mars 2012.

Publié dans émeutes, riots