We all know that Nasheed wants secularism at any cost as the world’s far-right networks that funded his Presidential campaign in 2008 will abandon him

President Nasheed and MDP today announced that they will counter protest against the mega protest planned by NGO’s and opposition political parties to express against, MDP and President Nasheed’s secularism crusade. They have also decided that they will protest on the same day as the Mega-Protest; 23rd of December.This goes on to show that President Nasheed is ready to do anything to revive his “Maldives secularization project”. Although tonight’s MDP Council meeting ended with a decision to counter attack this mega direct action against Nasheed’s so called religious freedom quest, some members including the Vice President of the party implored the council to put safety, peace and stability of the people first and refrain from acting on anger. This kind of anarchical approach; fire with fire could indeed start a civil war; a calamity that our vulnerable country cannot withstand at these dire times.The last three years has shown to the people that Nasheed does not care about the Maldivian people unless they are yellow. Therefore the people are fed up and ready to fight back. Most of all Nasheed and MDP coalitions’ longest lasting ally Adhaalath Party abandoned them solely for this reason. Since then (particularly after the MDP loyalist’s short-lived protest calling for religious freedom last week) they have declared themselves Nasheed’s worst enemies that he should be very wary of.In his quest for religious freedom in Maldives Nasheed is going at it hammer and tongs and this time around he claimed that he is ready to protect those that fight his cause by spilling his very own blood before any of theirs. The strong messages given by the Mega-protest organisers indicate that they are not going to back off either. This is indeed very scary for the nation grappling with multiple economic deformities.Although the reason why Nasheed became President is; in 2008 all most all the political parties got together, broke their back day and night to secure the needed votes and give him power on a silver platter. But now he is disputing this very naked truth. Today he boasted calling those former allies; minute, powerless and too insignificant to stop him. This means he is on a direct collision cause with the political parties that got him elected, as well as the Maldivian people. Even though they silently took the hunger and poverty that Nasheed and his MDP Co destined them to; they are ready to break their silence now in order to defend the long standing Islamic religious culture of their country.On 23rd December, if Nasheed did not stop them first; (already he has got the Police to summon the Organisers on different excuses) we will see who wins this unforeseen battle. MDP’s secularism crusaders with the advantage of state machineries including a Police and a Military force that is completely subservient to them so far successfully repressed and even banned protests, although it means mass arrest, beating, gassing, pepper spraying; well the whole dictatorial nine yards. But the Maldivian political parties, citizens and NGO’s are also very determined this time around.