Somali cabinet close to collapse

[Cowke]

Somali cabinet close to collapse

 

Cabinet led by Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke is thought to collapse after three Somali Ministers resigned from their post and some of other Ministers are likely to resign.

 

Mohamed Abdullahi Omar, Former minister of Culture and Higher Education, Hassan Maollim, the State Minister for President and The State Minister for Defense Yusuf Mohamed Siyad announced on Tuesday their resignation.

 

Omaar and Moalim, both British Somalis, are in London, while the defense minister is in Mogadishu.

 

The resigned ministers are close to the President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, who is in dispute with Prime Minister, Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke.

 

Last month, President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed announced that he fired the prime minister but later inverted his decision.

 

The supporters of Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke say the resignation by the three ministers is a political move to undermine the current cabinet.

[Cowke]

Oodweyn sharif wants to redeem himself after making that fatal mistake of sacking the prime minister only to find out that it was unconstitutional.

 

So now ministers that are friends of sharif have resigned to undermine sharmarke cabinet but I am sure sharmarke has his ministers who support him and therefore sharif will again see there is no point playing this game that really noone wins but ends in a stalemate.

 

Prime Minister Sharmarke should play it cool-headed and rename new ministers that support his program of using peaceful means to pacify the capital city and also he should touch base with the ministers that do indeed support him and give them reassurance to stick in there till sharif realizes he is playing another game that he will lose.

 

The only reason they want sharmarke out is because he is not using violence as a way to retake the capital city and therefore their are some members of the cabinet who are sick of working in 2km radius being bombarded by rockets and missiles.

 

Lets not forget that this administration was elected on the platform of reconciliation and using peaceful means to pacify the city. That is what is expected of this administration nothing more and nothing less and sharmarke is doing exactly that.

 

This administration wasn't elected to lead the government so they can just pick up where abdullahi yusuf left off and if that was the case then their was no need for yusuf to resign.

 

This administration election was based on "reconcilation and peace" and that was the program and sharmarke is following that and he doesn't deserve to be sacked if he is doing the job he was elected to do!!!