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Yet in a relatively mature parliamentary system, it seems tacitly to accept it will have to wait for vindication until the next election.The Maldivian exceptionIn a column in need of democratic heroes, here is one nominee: the Maldives' Mr Nasheed.

Most presidential: President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives is installing solar panels on his roof.

The fiscal deficit stands at 30% of GDP, and foreign reserves have slumped to $116m.The danger facing Mr Nasheed is that the global economic turmoil dents tourism and condemns the Maldives to hard economic times and divisive politics.

The firm was kicked out shortly after Mr Nasheed, infuriating India.Now Mr Nasheed promises, if he wins, to bring the Indian firm back.

The contest will now go to a second round on September 28th.The other contender will be Abdullah Yameen, a half-brother of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, whose 30-year dictatorship was ended when Mr Nasheed won the country's first free presidential election in 2008.

Mr Nasheed came to power as a force for change: it would be dreadful to see him lead his wobbly new democracy of 350,000 citizens back to its darker days.

"There is a tendency to imitate foreign terror groups, even if there are no formal links," says Mohamed Nasheed, the information minister.

Having fallen prey this week to what presents itself as a popular revolt but looks much like an old-fashioned coup, Mr Nasheed, known by his nickname "Anni", is back in a familiar predicament, as a beleaguered activist bewailing the injustice of Maldivian politics.He relinquished his presidency in a brief press conference on February 7th a performance forced on him at gunpoint, he later said.