Somali opposition accuses Mohamud of controlling Supreme Court
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Shabelle Media Network
The Somali Future Council accuses Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of using security forces to take control of the Federal Supreme Court. The coalition supports the court ruling requiring an electoral agreement within 30 days and elections within 90 days, according to Shabelle Media Network.
The opposition coalition Somali Future Council accuses Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of using security forces to take control of Somalia's Supreme Court. It also says security agencies intimidated former Supreme Court President Baashe Yusuf Ahmed and judges who issued a ruling challenging the continued stay in power of the federal institutions, according to Shabelle Media Network.
The Somali Future Council, led by former president Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, supports the Supreme Court ruling that considers the mandates of the president, Parliament and federal government to have expired. The court calls on political leaders to agree on an electoral framework within 30 days and hold elections within 90 days, according to Shabelle Media Network.
The Supreme Court had overturned on 4 November the dismissal of Baashe Yusuf Ahmed, decided by Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, ruling that constitutional procedures had not been followed. On 5 November, it also ruled that constitutional amendments adopted in March, extending presidential and parliamentary terms from four to five years, could not apply to officials currently in office. The opposition now calls on Somali leaders to respect this decision and negotiate an inclusive political agreement. This sequence follows the dismissal of the president of Somalia's Supreme Court on 4 November and the Supreme Court ruling on Mohamud remaining in power on 5 November.
