Mooge Posted October 18, 2013 Mogadishu — Political disputes over the forthcoming cabinet reshuffle emerged within Federal Government of Somalia leaders in Mogadishu according to independent sources, Garowe Online reports. The sources noted that President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud rebuffed a list of new ministers proposed by Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon in a bid to expand the current council of ministers from 10 to 25 Ministers as Shirdon declared in his first year anniversary statement on October 6, the date on which he assumed the prime Minister's office. "The President rejected to accept the proposed list of ministers and deputy ministers which consists of 25 members, because it was really clear to the President that Shirdon wants to sack Ministers key to Hassan Sheikh," Villa Somalia official who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the news told Garowe Online. The presidential official says, Shirdon decided to appoint a new minister for Foreign affairs post replacing the current position holder Fowsiyo Haji Adan, President Hassan's close ally and the country's first female foreign minister and Deputy Prime Minister who remains an important figure from Somalia's separatist region of Somaliland. He disclosed that Prime Minister Shirdon officially opposed to Mohamud's suggestions which appeared as a 'dictation' and interference to Shirdon who a number of times asked Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to keep his influence away from the cabinet affairs. On the other hand, sources close to the Prime Minister's office confirmed to GO that Mohamud right hand man and the Interior and National Security Minister Abdikarin Hussein Guled has sided with the Prime Minister, underlining the growing struggle for full authority by Shirdon. Interior Minister, Guled is believed to have played a great role in pushing Hassan Sheikh Mohamud into the presidency during the country's latest presidential contest in September 2012. Shirdon took a leading role in moving the war-ravaged nation quite forward after he paid diplomatic tours to the neighbouring countries and the strategic security partners including Ethiopia, Kenya, Burundi and Djibouti as well as Turkey and Geneva where he attended international conference on Human Rights development late last month. Political analysts tell that Shirdon might not doom his willingness of exercising the duties within the confines of law to failure. garoweonline Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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