SOMALIA: IS IT BACK TO SQUARE ONE?

WDM EDITORIAL

There was a time in the height of Somalia’s Civil War after the collapse of Somalia’s government when Mogadishu and Hargheisa had ganged up against the existence of Darood clan in this country. But now, in a strange twist of fate, one of the victims of the war, Digil & Mirifle in the name of Somali Speaker of the House of Parliament, Sheikh Adan Madoobe, enlisted himself among the perpetrators. Sheikh Adan Madoobe has no moral compass, no adherence to Islamic principles of justice, and no respect for legislative norms. He is so corrupt that he would sell his soul and country to his yesterday’s abusers, the USC/SNA Wing, who had led mayhem of robbery, mass killing and starvation in Baydhaba, Southwest Somalia, in General Aydiid’s hot pursuit of General Mohamed Siyaad Barre. In his corrupt practices in the rubber-stamped Federal Parliament, he has no guardrails to carry out Hassan Sheikh Mohamud“s bidding to grossly violate the Provisional Constitution repeatedly – he doesn’t have any sense of parliamentarian debate and respect for protocols. He doesn’t bother bringing agenda to fellow MPs – forget about debate on issues in parliament. He has no idea about the requirement of quorum in the House. He proclaims resolutions amidst fist-fighting between PMs in the house session. He is a character who has never appeared before in Somali political history. In comparison, even Sharif Hassan (Sharif Sakiin) becomes a decent figure badly missed, having seen the “sell out” nature of Sheikh Adan Madoobe.

Sheikh Adan Madoobe must be stopped and impeached before he and HSM together return Somalia back to square one in renewed civil strives and violence.