“We will work within the legal ambit to ensure that the transition of power takes place through an election. I believe that the judges at the courts played an active role in the coup. I think [the judges] were under the assumption that our government was planning on dismissing all the judges and was working towards replacing them. In fact, some judges have even told me that they thought that this was our plan. The judges thought that we were trying to take over the judiciary.”

Quoted on Haveeru, "Nasheed warns of another 'possible coup'" http://www.haveeru.com.mv/news/53603, February 9, 2014.

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