Following Withdrawal from NCC, Jubaland’s Leader Madobe Convenes Cabinet Session and Reveals Intention for Autonomous Election Plans
KISMAYO, Somalia (AXADLE) – Ahmed Mohamed Islam, colloquially known as Madobe, the head honcho of Jubbaland, took the helm in a cabinet pow-wow today, zeroing in on the election saga and the fallout from the Mogadishu chinwag.
Folks in the know within Jubbaland’s circle spilled the beans to KAAB TV, sharing that President Madobe laid out to his inner circle why he skedaddled from Mogadishu, dismissing President Hassan Sheikh’s aspirations as nothing short of “a wild pipe dream.” Madobe declared that Jubbaland is charging ahead with its own polling plans.
After making a beeline from Mogadishu on Saturday, Madobe bid farewell to the National Consultative Council (NCC) meet-up.
The NCC gathering was supposed to hash out election and security chit-chat but hit a stone wall, thanks to head-butting between the big wigs of the federal government and regional territories.
Starting back on October 2nd, the summit fizzled out sans any breakthroughs, leaving Somalia’s political tarot cards uncertain and muddled.
The rumpus erupted when the federal fiefs pushed for snazzy regional electoral bodies, a notion that President Hassan Sheikh kiboshed.
The regional heads blew a gasket over President Hassan Sheikh’s brainwave for a term stretch, insiders disclosed.
In his cabinet confab, Madobe made it clear as crystal that stretching the term dough for either the federal big wigs or the regional regimes was a no-go, given they’ve already outstayed their electoral welcome.
JUBBALAND GEARS UP FOR ELECTIONS
Jubbaland is setting the stage to be the trailblazer among federal zones, aiming for a lone ranger election, untethered from federal oversight.
In the hubbub of the Mogadishu summit, Hassan Sheikh purportedly put the squeeze on regional chieftains to nod along to a singular electoral body of his own choosing.
Kismayo is buzzing with electoral-related hustle and bustle these days.
Whispers from within Jubbaland’s hierarchy reveal that President Madobe is throwing his hat in the ring once more for the Jubbaland top seat.
Should Jubbaland break ground with its autonomous electoral venture, it’s expected the likes of South West State, Hirshabelle, and Galmudug might hop on the bandwagon.
