Pro-Puntland SomaliaReport Website Reports Mutiny Brewing Underneath the Two Sharifs...

[Mintid Farayar]

New Political Party Formed to Counter Sharif

3 Parties Unite to Form Daljir, Plan to Participate in August Elections

By AWEYS CADDE 02/14/2012

 

The three largest Islamic political parties in the Somalia, al-Ictisaam, al-Islah and Ala-Sheikh, united to form a new party, Daljir, which will take part in the presidential election in August of this year with the intention of countering the power of Sheikh Sharif, the president of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG).

Sources close to al-Ictisaam confided to Somalia Report that 70 members of the three groups, which are mainly made up of former government officials who are now vying to regain power in the TFG, met on Monday to elect a leader and representatives.

During yesterday's meeting, the members elected the former minister of information, Sheikh Dahir Mahamumd Gelle of the al-Icisaam movement, as the chairman of the new party. The former minister of religion of the Farmajo government, Abdulahi Abyan Nur from the Islaah movement, was elected to be the deputy chairman while the former minister of communication, post and information, Abdikarim Hassan Jama from the Ala-Sheikh movement, was elected as general secretary of the new Daljir party.

The prominent members of the new party are the former deputy prime minister, Hassan Ma’alin, MP Sheikh Bashir Adow, former religion minister, Mahamud Abdi Ibrahim Garweyne, former minister of defense, Abdi Mohamed Abtidoon, former minister of justice, Abdirahman Janaqow, and the former international relations minister, Abdirahman Abdihakur.

Some of these members are close friends of Sheikh Shariif and worked closely with him during the time of the Islamic Courts Union, but now are trying to change the political direction of the country.

The announcement of this movement came after the group decided to formally oppose Sheikh Shariif and former speaker Sharif Hassan, whostill believes he is speaker despite being fired in December.

But what remains unclear is that how will these three movements, which have different religious interpretations, will work with each other to benefit Somalia. What is clear, however, is that this party puts President Sharif's political ambitions in jeopardy since they are the very people who supported him to win the presidential seat. Also clear is that the new party is united against al-Shabaab and vows to fight the Islamic military group battling for control of Somalia.

The party is expected to officially announce the establishment of Daljir within the next few days.

Other reports indicate that yet another party will soon be announced by some of the former leaders of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), which is expected to be headed by Sheikh Abdiqadir Ali Umar, the former minister of internal affairs.

 

http://somaliareport.com/index.php/post/2790/New_Political_Party_Formed_to_Counter_Sharif

[Mintid Farayar]

It seems the mad mule, Xiin's coffee buddies at the local Dunkin Donuts in Mnpls, MN are concocting another 'caravan' again. And what a betrayal of the clueless Sheikh Sharif.

 

'E tu, Brute?'

[Baashi]

No. It is not a mutiny. Sherrif does not own the country. These citizens have every right to assemble, form a political party and contest the leadership election in post conflict Somalia. Come to think of it, you should welcome it for the political landscape is transforming from clan-centered, militia dependent pseudo political groupings to a bigger tent sort of political platform that transcends clan lines.

 

Wherever outcome London Conference produces, there is a near certainty that the new post conflict government will be formed by a new line up or even recycled lineup.

 

So why not start the campaigning now and put your ducks in a raw in preparation of the new political arrangement?

[Mario B]

In other words, re-read the recent history of what made the ICU come to cropper and, you see soon, how the any fig-leaf of religiosity will be discarded as soon as the rubber of clannish interest come up against the hard-road of a political competition for the meager state resources, indeed.

 

Says the man from the triangle region , with a "pious flag" whose mission is to dismember the Somali people. If they just new what those words meant.

 

But they split up ways from one another (dividing themselves) into factions, each faction happy with what lies before it. (Quran23:53)

[Somalia]

SomaliaReport is anti-Puntland and writes a lot of garbage. The most recent one was an article copied from GalgalaNews, someone on Snet pointed it out.

 

They also had some kursi doon trying to establish themselves by being against oil drilling.

[Mintid Farayar]

Somalia;789286 wrote:

SomaliaReport is anti-Puntland

and writes a lot of garbage. The most recent one was an article copied from GalgalaNews, someone on Snet pointed it out.

 

They also had some kursi doon trying to establish themselves by being against oil drilling.

I thought Galgala was part of Puntland.

 

Mise iyaduna wey go'dey?? Man, this devolution is hard to keep up with...

[Somalia]

Mintid Farayar;789293 wrote:

I thought Galgala was part of Puntland.

 

Mise iyaduna wey go'dey?? Man, this devolution is hard to keep up with...

I can create a website using other people's names and being against it.

 

I hope you didn't use too many brain cells to think of that one. Why are you so obsessed with Puntland? I mean, we must be doing everything right for you to be so mad..