There are no facts, only interpretations. - Frederich Nietzsche
When the allegation lacks substance or reality, nothing is
required in response. – Commission of National Inquiry (CoNI) by
Azra Naseem The idea that an objective truth can exist
independent of political power is a myth dating back to Plato.
On the contrary, truth and political power are intricately woven
together—one cannot exist without the other. Instead of an
‘objective truth’, what becomes accepted as ‘reality’ is based
on what those in power are willing to include as ‘true’ and what
they exclude as ‘false’ in what they say and do about a given
issue. While such power/truth relations are normally hidden from
surface observations and casual scrutiny, the Report of the
Commission of National Inquiry, Maldives is a document that
blatantly demonstrates how ‘truth’ is produced in this manner
and how the truth so constructed is used to exercise power and
control over society. It is CoNI’s conclusion that there was “No
coup, no duress, no mutiny” i