PRESS RELEASE We condemn, in the strongest terms, yesterday’s mortar attack on the main United Nations
compound in Mogadishu. We equally deplore the unproportionate reaction to the Special
Representative of the Secretary General’s letter dated on December 30, 2018, understandably
reminding the Somali government of its responsibility to respect the rule of law and human
rights. As the SRGS is required to apply human rights due diligence policy on UN support to non
UN security forces, we call on the Security Council to send an independent commission of inquiry
to fully investigate the blatant human rights violations under Farmajo’s administration.
The motive behind the erratic, impulsive and irrational issuance of persona non grata to Nicholas
Haysom is to distract the attention of the international community from the legitimate questions
raised in the letter. The expulsion of diplomats, researchers and staff of INGOs in Somalia reveals
the suicidal character of our leaders and their tendency of visiting a wrath on whoever differs
with them.
As we have for a long warned, the modus operandi of the current government is based on
coercion and intimation. For instance, the government seeks to force local political actors who
differ with them into submission. A living example of this is the fact that it continuously
intimidates opposition leaders to succumb to its whims, corners parliamentary oversight into
oblivion, and deliberately disregards regional autonomy by interfering and shedding blood in
local elections for merely imposing unpopular candidates on the local people.
Equally, it bullies diplomats and researchers who dare to hold the government accountable to
respect international treaties and conventions. Other than the cases reported, there are many
other instances in which diplomats and staff of the INGOs/UN are silently intimidated to quit
their jobs for no crime other than advising the government to avoid killing, injuring and arresting
its own people without due process. If anything, the latest issuance of persona non grata reveals
the immaturity and isolationist nature of our diplomacy and it reflects the autocratic nature of
the current leadership.
JAMHUURIYADDA FEDERAALKA SOOMAALIYA
جم ھ ور یة ال ص وم ال افلیدر ایلة
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF SOMALIA
House of the People
National Salvation Caucus (NSC)
As responsible members of the below signed political parties, we are warn that coercion and
intimidation will undermine the fragile state building process and result in the loss of moral
authority and political legitimacy to govern. Similarly, this will dent our international image and
throw our young nation into political obscurity.
We therefore condemn the state of our diplomacy and tendency to alienate those who
contributed to the gains we have in the recent past made on peace and stability in the country.
THE END
Members of the National Salvation Caucus namely Nabada, Wadajir and UPD as well as
independent parliamentarians who are not yet affiliated with political parties
Dr Abdifatah Ismael Tahir
Coordinator/Spokesperson (NSC)
T: +252 615 800087
E: abdifatah.tahir@gmail.com
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