Somaliland’s Main Opposition Party Won’t Attend the Inauguration of President-Elect

[Deeq A.]

HARGEISA— Somaliland’s main opposition party leaders are expected not to attend the swearing in ceremony of 5th democratically elected president, Musa Bihi Abdi as he is due to sworn in within days.

Although Wadani opposition party has not released an official state if they are not coming to the inauguration but reliable sources confirm that they won’t attend the ceremony. The chairman of Wadani main opposition party, Hon. Abdirahman Irro is on a trip to Kenya but other leaders in the country have been reported that they will not attend. The join committee in charge of the inauguration ceremony have distributed invitation cards to both opposition parties namely, UCID and Wadani. The Justice and Welfare party chairman, Hon. Fiasal Ali Warabe is in the country and is due to attend the ceremony.