By T. Roble
GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Just when the country breathed a sigh of relief following Jubbaland and Puntland’s acceptance to drop electoral preconditions seemingly ending a gruesome circus, President Mohamed Farmaajo muddied the waters again assenting into an unconstitutional decree expected to fuel another electoral crisis.
The signing of the unilateral resolution which purports to expand the Senate to 67 members by allocating Banaadir region 13 seats is the latest political spanner dispensed by Farmaajo with the net effect of creating more wrangles and extending his stay in office.
The resolution was passed by the Lower House where Farmaajo commands immense control last June following clamour for the representation of the people of Mogadishu in the Senate. The import of such a resolution would mean Banaadir region now gains the same status as the Federal Member States. There is no doubt that Banaadir which houses the country’s capital needs representation in parliam
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GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: The Federal Government is rolling out elections in three Federal Member States allied to Villa Somalia in the backdrop of mixed signals from President Mohamed Farmaajo and unrelenting pressure from opposition for talks, Goobjoog News can authoritatively report.
Sources privy to the proceedings at Villa Somalia have indicated that Farmaajo has ordered elections to proceed in South West, Galmudug, HirShabelle and Banaadir and Gedo regions even as a section of FMS leaders allied to the president said this week they were pushing for a climb-down by Farmaajo.
The elections, Goobjoog News has established will kick off in Galmudug (Dhusamareb and Galkayo), HirShabelle (Jowhar and Beledweyn), South West (Baidoa and Barawe) and Banadir and Gedo regions.
GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Three regional states presidents allied to outgoing President Mohamed Farmaajo last night met opposition presidential candidates in what signifies opening of talks amidst an ongoing electoral crisis.
Ahmed Qoor-qoor of Galmudug, South West’s Abdiaziz Lafta-Gareen and their HirShabelle counterpart Ali Gudlaawe met with the presidential candidates Sunday night at a hotel within Aden Adde Airport in Mogadishu.
Sources privy to the talks told Goobjoog News the three presidents who had earlier met Farmaajo offered to mediate the talks and strike a deal for the elections to go ahead.
According to sources close to the meeting, the Farmaajo allies presented an offer for removal of names from the Federal Indirect Elections Team (FIET) which the opposition was uncomfortable with.
GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Farmaajo should be declared a spoiler by the public and the international community over his unilateral election decisions, opposition presidential candidates have said urging regional government assemblies not to abide by the newly released timetable.
A caucus of 14 presidential candidates led by former presidents Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Sharif Sheikh Ahmed said in a stern statement Wednesday the move by the Farmaajo-appointed interim federal elections committee to announce elections dates amounted to outright actions by the president to compromise the elections.
The opposition leaders said the president had rejected local and international calls for dialogue and urged the ‘public, stakeholders and international to declare Farmajo as a ‘spoiler.’
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