Mohamed Nasheed rightly claims that "the Maldives stand on a knife edge" (A footnote in our history, 19 September). But it is him, not the current unity government, who threatens the future of the island's "hard-won liberal democracy". I should know: I served as a special adviser under both him and President Mohammed Waheed, and have witnessed at first hand Nasheed's efforts to topple the government by direct action.
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