Former Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Sunday accused incumbent President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed of being answerable for an assault on his residence by authorities troopers.
“It is rather unlucky that a military underneath the command of the previous president attacked my residence. I even have already warned and reiterated the risks of politicizing safety. Farmajo is answerable for the implications,” he stated on his Twitter account, referring to Mohamed of his nickname.
Mohamud referred to Mohamed as “former president” as a result of he didn’t acknowledge Parliament’s choice to offer the latter one other two years in workplace.
In the meantime, supporters of the president and those that opposed the extension of his four-year time period clashed on the streets of the capital, residents stated.
The president signed a regulation in mid-April to prolong his mandate for 2 years, put up resistance in Somalia and put him on a collision course with Western and different donors who opposed the transfer.
Somalia, which plunged into warfare and chaos in 1991, has fought to revive central authorities authority and rebuild the nation with worldwide assist.
The failure to carry elections that expired in February triggered a brand new disaster. “There are shootings between pro-opposition army forces and authorities forces at Fagah Junction,” Halima Osman, a resident of Fagah, Mogadishu, stated after Reuters witnesses heard gunfire erupting within the capital. A Reuters witness noticed 4 army automobiles parked at a location within the Fagah space.
Somalia’s parliament handed laws to prolong Mohamed’s time period by as much as two years, though the choice was rejected by the decrease home.
