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Summary Brig. Ahmed Shiyam told reporters Tuesday that Nasheed has agreed to step down.
Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed has resigned following weeks of public protests over his controversial order to arrest a senior judge.Brig. Ahmed Shiyam told reporters Tuesday that Nasheed has agreed to step down and hand over the presidency to his deputy Mohammed Waheed Hassan.There was no immediate comment from Nasheed, a former pro-democracy campaigner.Earliar, mutinying Maldives police took over the state broadcaster on Tuesday and began broadcasting an opposition-linked television stations calls for people to come on the streets to overthrow President Mohamed Nasheed, witnesses said.Nasheed was safely inside the headquarters of the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) and in control of the military, a presidential source told Reuters.A handful of MNDF soldiers were taking part in the demonstration of several hundred people outside the headquarters, along with police officers who defied orders to break up opposition protests early on Tuesday
