Maldives president resigns after police mutiny | Inquirer News

Maldives president resigns after police mutiny

/ 04:21 PM February 07, 2012

MALE—The president of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed announced his resignation Tuesday during a televised press conference after a mutiny by the police and weeks of demonstrations.

“It will be better for the country in the current situation if I resign. I don’t want to run the country with an iron fist. I am resigning,” Nasheed said.

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