WDM EDITORIAL
The Provisional Federal Constitution is obviously dysfunctional and prone to abuse by the Executive. As things stand now, the Federal President took for himself all the powers of the Cabinet – turning the constitutional position of Prime Minister subservient to Villa Somalia. The President is utilizing the weakness and contradictions in the Provisional Constitution in order to exercise one man show. Other people are stuck in the notion that the Constitution is unfinished or incomplete, and until that is done away, nothing moves forward. This is frustrating to all concerned. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is, perhaps, justified to move the needle in this constitutional stalemate, in other words, shake things up. However, the President is handling the issue in the wrong way – this is a fundamental national document that requires extensive debates and wider consultations throughout the nation and in all constituencies. It requires time and a lot of public efforts devoid of foreign interferences and meddling beyond constitutional expertise.
By-passing consultations or inputs at constituencies’ level is a dangerous move to unravel the modest gains of two decades through ceasefire of the Civil War, formation of the 2nd Somali Republic and international recognition of the Federal Institutions. Rushing legislations through rubber-stamp parliament will lead to civil unrests and renewed clan confrontations, seeds of new civil wars and mistrust in the central institutions. Let us sober up now and do the right thing right.
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