MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian.com) – Opposition leaders in Somalia on Monday congratulated Jubaland President Ahmed Madobe for clinching a contentious third-term re-election, which was secured by way of an oblique vote he managed unilaterally, regardless of vigorous resistance from the federal authorities in Mogadishu.
Opposition leaders cautioned President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in opposition to deploying navy drive in opposition to Jubaland authorities, asserting that repeating the failed techniques of former President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, which by no means coerced Madobe into submission, could be a reckless and futile endeavor.
Former President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Wadajir Celebration chief Abdirahman Abdishakur, and ex-Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire—who now represent the only united opposition entrance in opposition to President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s administration—have lengthy opposed his push for a one-person, one-vote election, and their congratulations to Madobe function a transparent sign that they view his profitable administration of an oblique election as proof that Mohamud’s plan is faltering and he can be compelled to carry one other oblique vote in 2026.
The opposition has expressed concern that President Mohamud’s assertion of holding a one-person, one-vote election, regardless of his restricted management over the nation, is merely a smokescreen to increase his time period, whereas each he and his Prime Minister proceed to insist that Somalia won’t ever revert to an oblique election and that the Somali folks will quickly have the chance to straight select their most popular president.
Critics of Villa Somalia argue that the Somali president’s promise of holding a preferred election in 2026 is not going to be his solely unfulfilled dedication, as it is going to be part of a collection of others, together with his late 2022 pledge to liberate Hirshabelle and Galmudug states from Al-Shabaab inside three months—an goal that is still unmet—in addition to his broader agenda of reaching nationwide unity, constitutional governance, and consensus-based management, all of which have but to materialize.
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