How Farmajo “disrupts” upcoming election negotiations
MOGADISHU, Somalia – The pre-election negotiations scheduled for Halane Base Camp may not yield much after all, Axadle has learned from recent developments that it would see a number of stakeholders miss out on what could now delay reconciliation in the country.
Several sources suggested Axadle about the new complexity, which would seriously damage the reconciliation negotiations, contrary to the expectation of the international community, which has fought extremely hard to rectify the situation.
President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, whose term expired last month, is reportedly eager to have pro-Villa Somalia states, Galmudug, Southwest and HirShabelle not join their Northeastern State and Jubaland counterparts in Mogadishu in an attempt to kill time to the conversations.
Said Abdullahi Deni from Northeastern State and Ahmed Madobe from Jubaland have been in Mogadishu for a few days now, where they were expected to join others ahead of the election. On Sunday, they met with the council of presidential candidates in Mogadishu to discuss resolving the election conflict.
According to sources, leaders of the South West and Galmudug are currently in Turkey. It is not clear why they traveled out of the country, but they had been informed of the plans to have talked about the election death toll, what color throws the country into chaos.
There are reports that the three leaders may come to Mogadishu this week, but they are not keen on holding the talks at Halane Base Camp. Jubaland and Northeastern State had insisted that the talks be held in the camp for security reasons.
“Farmajo told the international community that he is only in dispute with the leaders of Northeastern State and Jubaland, and that the conference should only be a ceremony to sign the agreement on September 17,” ignoring security concerns and the end of the government’s term, “he said. sources .
Farmajo’s derailment of the summit has already raised eyebrows among stakeholders, including the candidate union, civil society organizations and politicians, who warned of prolonged stalemate that could lead to disaster.
“Holding agreed and peaceful elections every four years has been an important part of our nations’ political reconciliation. However, the extroverted regime created conditions for hostility and suspicion, which in turn deepened distrust and risked the entire state and peace-building project,” said Abdishakur Warsame. , Wadajir party leader.
Despite the serious allegations, Villa Somalia insists it is ready to ease the talks to move forward. It is worth noting that the mandate of the current government has since expired, the reason why the country is struggling to hold elections.
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