Mogadishu (PP Editorial) — The Commander of the Somali Nationwide Military Normal Ismail Yusuf Rageh ‘Odowaa’ finds himself in a troublesome scenario, much like the one in 2019, when the previous Somali President, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo, tried to tug him right into a nationwide political dispute. Who would have anticipated that President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who in 2021 appealed to Normal Odowaa to not comply with the politically motivated directions of the incumbent authorities, would repeat his actions of 2013, when he had tried to nip the nascent Jubaland Administration within the bud?
Why does an incumbent federal authorities, depending on overseas peacekeepers, resort to settling political variations via the misuse of a lop-sided military, recruited predominantly from one a part of Somalia for clan loyalty functions?
ATMIS demonstrated an understanding of the dynamics of Somali politics when it refused to clear the arrival of an plane from Mogadishu in Gedo to organise a parallel election in a area below the jurisdiction of Jubaland State of Somalia.
The hope that an inclusive nationwide military would take form in Somalia was altogether dashed by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who undermined the consensus-based strategy that had supplied a basis for the delicate federal establishments. The injury to institution-building endeavours attributable to the reckless politics of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud may have far-reaching penalties if he isn’t reined in. The previous President of Somalia, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and the previous Prime Minister Hassan Ali Kheire congratulated the Jubaland President on being elected by Jubaland MPs. Each political leaders view the Jubaland electoral course of as legit and a bulwark in opposition to the plot hatched by the incumbent federal president to safe an unlawful time period extension. Puntland State President Mentioned Abdullahi Deni additionally despatched a congratulatory message to the Jubaland President.
Puntland State civil society denounced the militarisation of Somali politics by the Federal Authorities of Somalia. There’s a concern that the brand new peacekeeping drive, notably Egyptian troopers, might be utilized by the Federal Authorities of Somalia to launch assaults on federal member states that oppose centralisation and to rekindle intra-clan conflicts in a rustic the place the federal government’s writ doesn’t exist in most components. Somalia is getting ready to a second state collapse, additional break-up and secession actions in response to the specter of a feeble authorities intent on utilizing the sovereignty card whereas wholly depending on overseas peacekeepers. It’s a authorities of irresponsible leaders who pose a menace to Somali residents and the area.
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