Somali government officials defect to opposition as president’s term nears end
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Officials serving in Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s government, along with others who have worked under his administration in recent years, have joined an opposition meeting in Mogadishu, Universal Somali TV reported on Tuesday. Among them is Mustaf Dhuhulow, the recently dismissed director of immigration. The officials are currently in talks with […]
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MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Officials serving in Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s government, along with others who have worked under his administration in recent years, have joined an opposition meeting in Mogadishu, Universal Somali TV reported on Tuesday.
Among them is Mustaf Dhuhulow, the recently dismissed director of immigration. The officials are currently in talks with opposition leaders at the residence of former President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, where they are said to have aligned themselves with the opposition.
Their participation follows a similar move a day earlier by former NISA director Abdullahi Mohamed Sanbalolshe, who publicly joined the opposition and attended its meeting.
On Tuesday, the gathering also drew Sheikh Bashir Ahmed Salad and other religious scholars previously seen as close to the government.
Discussions at the meeting are focused on how the opposition should respond to a potential constitutional vacuum and mounting political uncertainty if President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s term expires on May 15 without consensus on elections.
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