Extension of TFP Term heraldscatastrophe for Somalia

February 16, 201London (Mareeg.cm-It’s curious to witness the intense vilification of the International Community (IC) by Ethiopia and Members of the Djibouti Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP-D) after the ICobjected the three-year-extension ofTFP-D’s tenure from August 22, 2011.Ethiopia and Djibouti (IGAD)encouragedand defendedthe self-serving TFP’s decision. MP Hassan Abshir (former PM) said that the Parliament decided to extend its mandate after it became aware of the fact that the IC planned to organize a Somali conference outside Somalia for the selection of new MPs. Therefore, the rationale behind Parliament’s decision was to hold on power and thwart efforts to reform Djibouti Transitional Federal Government (TFG-D).

In particular, the MPs have threatenedDr.Augustine P. Mahiga, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG), with formal protest and persona non grata edict. They have reminded the Somali public that the yearly salary bill of the IC staff assigned to Somalia but stationed in Nairobi, Kenya was 112 million dollars, while the Somalis are dying of hunger and thirst. Furthermore, they have publicizedthat millions of dollars collected on behalf of the starving Somali people have been squandered in Nairobi, Kenyawithout relief to the intended beneficiaries.TFP-D and Ethiopia like Al Shababrejectedforeign interference in Somaliaand became defenders ofSomali sovereigntyand dignity.It’s unholy alliance. Ethiopiaapplauded the “independent thinking of TFP” from the Nairobi based International Community.  Read More