I don't know. Maybe? Probably? What is a guy who launches a coup d'etat supposed to look like?
As former President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed confirmed he was ousted at gunpoint, his successor offered a rather lame defense:
Nasheed told reporters that he had been forced out of office: "There were guns all around me, and they told me they wouldn't hesitate to use them if I didn't resign." But his replacement, Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik, the former vice-president, said the transfer of power had been peaceful and constitutional.
"Do I look like someone who will bring about a coup d'etat?" Waheed asked reporters. "There was no plan. I was not prepared at all." He called for a government of national unity.
"To be sure, I wasn't planning on taking over the government during all the chaos, but now that I'm in charge, why should I relinquish control? I'm sure the country will back this change when we have our next elections... whenever. But it's not a coup. Definitely not a coup. Nope, this is totally democratic."
The Maldives' high commissioner in the UK doesn't seem to be buying it:
According to the Minivian News,
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