Maldives ex-president to petition parliament to oust Waheed

In an all attempt to oust the newly formed government of the Maldives, The country's former president on Wednesday prepared a petition with public signatures to be sent to the parliament. Mohamed Nasheed, Maldives' first democratically-elected president who claimed he was forced to resign at gun point during the military-backed coup collected public signatures to petition the parliament, "Majlis", seeking an early election. Nearly 2,000 supporters of Nasheed gathered at a beach park as a part of continuous demonstrations against the government. Referring to the alleged violence faced by Nasheed's supporters following torching of police stations and court houses, the petition stated "We want to get out of this fear and we urge members of parliament not to accept this government." "We want a fair election as early as possible." "We want to have an early election," Foreign Minister of the Nasheed's government Ahmed Naseem told Xinhua. "This is an attempt to show the public strength for Nasheed against this government," he said Despite world bodies including the United Nations and countries like the United States and India have accepted Mohammed Waheed Hassan as the head of state of the 1,200 atolls nation, a Commonwealth ministerial mission is to visit the Maldives to inquire what really took place for Nasheed to give up his presidency.