Somalia: Somali Opposition Accuses President of Using Force to Seize Supreme Court
The opposition says the president used security forces to intimidate judges after the court ruled that federal mandates had expired and ordered new elections.
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Somalia: Somali Opposition Accuses President of Using Force to Seize Supreme Court
Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somalia's opposition coalition, the Somali Future Council, has accused President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of using security forces to take control of the country's Supreme Court, escalating a political confrontation over the independence of the judiciary and the president's mandate.
Somali Future Council Accuses President Hassan Sheikh of Interfering with the Supreme Court – Somali Dispatch
MOGADISHU (SD) — Members of the Somali Future Council have accused President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of interfering in the Supreme Court and trying to remove its chairman, Bashe Yusuf Ahmed. Speaking at a press conference in Mogadishu, the council’s Secretary, Mohamed Aden Jimale (Kofi), said the council strongly opposed the president’s actions against the Supreme Court chairman and its judges. He accused the president of taking control of the cou…
Somalia’s Future Council Condemns Dismissal of Supreme Court Chief Justice, Welcomes Court’s Election Ruling
The Somalia Future Council, which brings together Puntland, Jubaland, and the Mogadishu-based Salvation Forum, has issued a press statement addressing the country’s political situation, particularly the dispute surrounding the removal of Supreme Court Chief Justice Baashe Yusuf Ahmed.
Authoritarian Legalism in Somalia, Part II: Four Days to Capture the Court
By Isha Qarsoon Part I of this series, “Legal Form, Coercive Substance: Somalia’s Road to 2027” (WardheerNews, October 22), argued that Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is building authoritarian legalism, a system of governance that uses lawmaking, legal interpretation and selective enforcement to keep incumbents in power and weaken the institutions that can hold them to account....
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