MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s federal authorities on Wednesday suspended all flights between Mogadishu and Dolow within the Gedo area, additional escalating tensions with Jubaland management and leaving vacationers stranded for a second day amidst the quickly worsening political standoff, Caasimada On-line information web site reported on Thursday.
The federal authorities’s suspension of flights to Dolow serves as retaliation for the arrest of six military officers, who have been detained by native authorities aligned with Jubaland management whereas en path to the close by city of Elwak in the identical area.
Efforts to renew the flights have been unequivocally thwarted, because the federal authorities stays resolute in upholding the suspension till additional discover.
The Somali federal authorities is actively searching for to consolidate its management over the Gedo area, aiming to displace forces loyal to Jubaland President Ahmed Madobe from strategic cities, and has just lately deployed a considerable army presence, together with troops and heavy weaponry, to El Wak city in preparation for the operation.
Tensions are hovering as Jubaland President Ahmed Madobe strikes ahead with a contentious, unilateral oblique election, by which a fastidiously chosen group of MPs, handpicked by native elders, will select between him and a roster of politically unknown, financially motivated candidates, guaranteeing his uncontested re-election.
The administration of former Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo employed comparable techniques, together with grounding flights to Jubaland-controlled cities and deploying troops to grab territories within the Gedo area, as retaliation for Ahmed Madobe’s unilateral 2019 election, by which he secured an uncontested re-election.
Regardless of Farmajo’s seize of key cities within the Gedo area, ousting Jubaland President Ahmed Madobe proved elusive, because it had for his predecessors, with present President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud among the many vocal supporters of Madobe on the time, whereas his present Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre was entrusted with overseeing the election course of and choosing two strategically chosen “finest man” candidates to make sure Madobe’s uncontested and decisive victory.
It stays unsure how President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud will navigate his political struggle in opposition to the still-resilient Ahmed Madobe, who continues to profit from the assist of Kenyan forces, poised to eradicate any obstacles in his path, as they’ve in previous confrontations with Farmajo, who, on the time, relied on the backing of Ethiopia’s army.
Critics of Villa Somalia, amongst others, are elevating questions on how President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and his Prime Minister, who beforehand totally endorsed Ahmed Madobe’s electoral course of and performed instrumental roles in validating it, can now denounce the identical process as flawed and unconstitutional—have been they flawed then, or is the wrongdoing solely obvious when it conflicts with their political agendas?
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