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Residents of major Somaliland towns reportedly stage protests over new cabinet
Posted on August 6, 2010 at 09:23:39 PM by mb3
Residents of major Somaliland towns reportedly stage protests over new cabinet
Anonymous. BBC Monitoring Africa. London: Aug 2, 2010.
Somali Puntlandpost website in Somali 2 Aug 10/BBC Monitoring/(c) BBC
Ever since the Somaliland president formed his new cabinet, there has been an increase in the number of protests in opposition to the way he has conducted his cabinet appointment. Many clans that hail from Somaliland have said the president has not made his appointment fairly.
There are many politicians and civilians who have publicly attacked President Silanyo on the media in th Western Somaliland. Somaliland forces shot at protestors in Hargeysa and Boorame and have been accused of using excessive force.
The bigger of the two protests took place in Boorame where the Somaliland Administrations deployed its forces from Hargeysa to quell the protests in the town without informing the local authorities about what they were going to do.
The soldiers deployed from Hargeysa used force against the protestors in Boorame who then engaged them in direct confrontation. The soldiers from Hargeysa then fired live bullets at the protestors. The governor of Awdal Region, Mahmud Abdullahi Ige, has since resigned citing the administration's lack of consultation over the deployment of the forces from Hargeysa as the reason. The governor said the region's police commander was not even consulted over the operation of these forces and added that it was not in line with the laid laws in the region.
President Silanyo who is known to be a strong-willed individual has so far not spoken on the issue. President Silanyo is very different from any of the previous leaders in Somaliland and is said to be an individual who was only interested in the position of the presidency and not with enough knowledge on governance and protocols. Residents of Boorame were among major supporter of the president and it is in this town that he has received many votes. They are now unable to come to terms with the unacceptable path that the president seems to have pursued.
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