Supreme Court rules Mohamud’s stay in power illegal
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on SeneNews
Somalia’s Supreme Court has ruled that President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s remaining in power is illegal, finding that the Constitution adopted in March, which extended the term from four to five years, could not apply to his current term. It also annulled Mohamud’s decision concerning its president, according to SeneNews.
Somalia’s Supreme Court has ruled that President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s remaining in power is illegal. It said that the Constitution adopted in March, which extended the presidential term from four to five years, could not apply to the current term, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Somalia’s highest court also annulled the decision announced by Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on 4 November to dismiss Bashe Yusuf Ahmed, president of the Supreme Court. The decision comes after the dismissal of the president of Somalia’s Supreme Court, announced the previous day, and the change of head of the Supreme Court reported on 5 November, according to AFP.
