(11 Feb 2012) SHOTLIST
PLEASE NOTE JUMP CUT BETWEEN SHOTS 10 AND 11
1. Various of police blocking road leading to Traders Hotel
2. Wide of Traders Hotel, with onlookers in foreground
3. Former president of Maldives Mohamed Nasheed (white shirt) arriving at hotel
4. Nasheed entering hotel
5. Various of people and security outside hotel
6. Nasheed walking along street after meeting with US Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake, UPSOUND: (English) Mohamed Nasheed, Former President of the Maldives:
"There is no outcome yet. Well I think we will find a solution, I think we will find a solution where there is early elections."
7. Wide of large crowd of people walking with Nasheed
8. Nasheed entering his house
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mohamed Nasheed, Former President of the Maldives:
"The assistant secretary of state wanted to explore the options available. We pointed out what was possible, in our minds, and according to the constitution. We do not think that it will be possible to stabilise the situation by any arrangement with the existing status quo or the existing government. So we feel that there should be early elections and elections can be conducted according to the constitution with the speaker of the house as head of state for the next two to three months. So this is a map that we feel can take the country back into a more stable period."
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mohamed Nasheed, Former President of the Maldives:
"Mr Blake wanted to see how other sides thought about this. And I suppose he will have to assess it after his conversations and discussions with others."
11. Nasheed and supporters walking down street
12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mohamed Nasheed, Former President of the Maldives:
"I have always relied upon only my own people to do anything, and it's up to the international community to see what would be the best interest for that community. My interest is this community and I'm trying to see that we uphold and safeguard the interests of this community."
13. Supporters gathered outside Nasheed's house
STORYLINE
A top US government official met on Saturday with leaders in the Maldives to assess the political situation in the Indian Ocean nation after the former president said he was ousted in a coup.
US Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake met with new President Mohammed Waheed Hassan to gather facts about recent political developments.
Blake also met with Nasheed and was scheduled to meet other leaders of the island republic later on Saturday.
Walking with a crowd of chanting supporters after the meeting, Nasheed said no outcome had yet been reached, but added: "I think we will find a solution where there is early elections."
Nasheed resigned on Tuesday after police joined months of street protests against his rule and soldiers defected.
He was replaced by Hassan, his vice president.
Nasheed later said he was ousted in a coup, and there is an arrest warrant against him.
The new government denies the coup claims and insists Nasheed stepped down voluntarily.
It has made no move to arrest Nasheed, who is living openly in his home in the capital, Male.
"We do not think that it will be possible to stabilise the situation by any arrangement with the existing status quo or the existing government," Nasheed said in an interview at his home on Saturday.
He called for early elections that "can be conducted according to the constitution with the speaker of the house as head of state for the next two to three months."
Nasheed added that he was seeking to "uphold and safeguard the interests of this community."
Others have blamed Islamic extremists.
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