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Waxaa markii ugu horeysay Kaamaradda Shacabkamedia ee Xafiiska Muqdisho qabatay 2-ka mid ah Xaasaska Madaxweyne Sheekh Shariif oo markii ugu horeysay Casho-sharaf u sameeyay Haween Soomaaliyeed,iyagoo xusaya maalinta Haweenka ee 8-Maarso.
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The United Nations Special Envoy to Somalia, Ambassador Augustine Mahiga, is up in arms.
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Ambassador Mahiga. (Courtesy: Somalia Report, 2/28/2012) |
Recently, in an interview, with Somalia Report which was riddled with omissions and evasions, Mahiga intimated that there had been a new political development that Somalis ought to know. There is, according to Mahiga, a palace coup in Villa Somalia, the seat of the Somali presidency.
Who are the culprits?
Who are the culprits?
“The Ala-Sheikh group,” Mahiga asserted, “is back in power, which should not be downplayed.”
The Ala-Sheikh group, according to the Ambassador, is a group of fundamentalists, anti-power sharing, anti-Roadmap, and similar to the Shabab except they do not carry arms.
Moreover, Mahiga lashed out at former PM Farmajo for attempting to stage a comeback into Somalia’s political landscape and, b) inspiring some members of the Ala-Sheikh group in forming a political forum which, incidentally, Mahiga claims came into existence when Farmajo was briefly in power.
Moreover, Mahiga lashed out at former PM Farmajo for attempting to stage a comeback into Somalia’s political landscape and, b) inspiring some members of the Ala-Sheikh group in forming a political forum which, incidentally, Mahiga claims came into existence when Farmajo was briefly in power.
Ambassador Mahiga, in the interview, even dropped a bombshell when he dangled the name of the International Criminal Court in a discussion about those figures in the country that are obstructing the process of peace and reconciliation. These are the people who have, according to Mahiga, “vested interests in the status quo.” These people, the good ambassador warns, “will have to protect themselves against the ICC (International Criminal Court) one day.”
The Somali conundrum will try the patience of the most seasoned diplomat. But in his interview, the ambassador will not be nominated the award for the diplomat of the year . In a frontal attack, Ambassador Mahiga squarely blamed the opportunists and naysayers for the political wrangling in Mogadishu. Farmajo and the Ala-Sheikh group, in essence, are on the forefront.
Ambassador Mahiga’s interview and the allegations he made were nor borne out of a vacuum. He is not a man given to emotional outbursts. At best, the ambassador has made these accusations with several issues in mind. First, he wants the completion of the Roadmap process without being railroaded. Second, he wants the forces that are trying to torpedo the process be exposed and stopped. Third, Mahiga was noticeably, perhaps even purposefully, sizing up his old nemeses. He wants to settle the score with Farmajo and a group of Ala-Sheikh politicians including Abdikarim Jama. To Mahiga, he is seeing the fingerprints of Farmajo in the Daljir Forum. It does not help that many of the new leaders of the Daljir Forum are, conveniently, former members of Farmajo’s cabinet.
The Somali conundrum will try the patience of the most seasoned diplomat. But in his interview, the ambassador will not be nominated the award for the diplomat of the year . In a frontal attack, Ambassador Mahiga squarely blamed the opportunists and naysayers for the political wrangling in Mogadishu. Farmajo and the Ala-Sheikh group, in essence, are on the forefront.
Ambassador Mahiga’s interview and the allegations he made were nor borne out of a vacuum. He is not a man given to emotional outbursts. At best, the ambassador has made these accusations with several issues in mind. First, he wants the completion of the Roadmap process without being railroaded. Second, he wants the forces that are trying to torpedo the process be exposed and stopped. Third, Mahiga was noticeably, perhaps even purposefully, sizing up his old nemeses. He wants to settle the score with Farmajo and a group of Ala-Sheikh politicians including Abdikarim Jama. To Mahiga, he is seeing the fingerprints of Farmajo in the Daljir Forum. It does not help that many of the new leaders of the Daljir Forum are, conveniently, former members of Farmajo’s cabinet.
Abdullahi Abyan Nur | Minister of Justice and Religious Affairs | |
Abdirashid Khalif Hashi | Minister of Public Works and Reconstruction | |
Abdikarim Jama | Minister of Information, Post, and Telecommunications | |
Incidentally, Dahir Mohamoud Ghelle, Chair of Daljir, was formerly the Minister of Information under PM Omar A. Sharmarke and is a current member of the parliament | ||
Farmajo and members of the Daljir Forum have, among other things, a common imperative; namely an opposition to the Roadmap. This convergence of interests by these two groups is what concerns Mahiga the most. Abdikarim Jama was a longtime Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to President Sheikh Sharif when he was not serving in Farmajo’s cabinet. The two, incidentally, belong to the Ala-Sheikh group, an Islamic movement with no history of violence and radicalism. Continued
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