The national union of somali
journalists (nusoj) is holding its general assembly in mogadishu?s ambassador
hotel on 28 ? 29 may, 2011 with the delegates from the respective regions
arrived in mogadishu and some are on their way to mogadishu to the the general
assembly.
Nusoj removed its previous
leadership on february 10, 2011 in a meeting held at sahafi hotel in mogadishu
and elected temporary office bearers whose responsibilities was to prepare
general assembly where general elections of the new office bearers will be taking
place.
The theme of the general
assembly is: ?leadership and strategic planning congress towards strong union
in solidarity with somali journalists.? And the respective delegates will
decide nusoj policy for the next three years and elect the office bearers for
the next
three years.
?We are glad that today, the
interim leaders of the unions have completed their transitional period and we
welcome the general assembly which is a long awaited.? Said burhaan daahir
ahmed, nusoj interim supreme council president, ?we are proud that it is time
for the somali journalists elect their leaders for the next three years.?
Meanwhile, the national union
of somali journalists is surprised by the the ifj?s statement over the armed
robbery of the union office which is a biased and unbalanced information
through an individual who has been removed from the office in february and omar
faruk has no legitimacy to speak on behalf of the union, since he
wasdemocratically removed from the office.
The national union of the somali
journalists has taken these decisions after witnessing massive corruption
within the union leadership, testimonies from several supposed beneficiaries of
the ifj safety fund who stated that they never received any assistance, lack of
executive and supreme council meeting. Our constitution states under article ten, part 3: ?the supreme
council shall meet at least once in every six months?. General assembly met
baidoa, somalia, 20-21 july 2006, since then, nusoj leadership failed to
convene a general assembly who was to meet once a year according to our
constitution under article nine, part 1: ?a general assembly (ga) shall be held
once every year at such time and place as decided by the executive committee.?
The former leadership also failed to hold elections due in every three years
according to the constitution under article ten, part 9: which says, ?the
general assembly shall elect chairperson, senior vicechairperson and vice
chairpersons for a period of three years.? Which are all constitutional violations.
The union officials after
noting all the above provisions in the constitution decided to remove the
secretary general and the president of the supreme council, which was at the
time necessary to decide to save union from a total collapse and restore the
image of the union, credibility, accountability, transparency and good
governance, tomaintain serving the somali journalists who are working under
critical conditions in this war-torn country.
The union officials indicted
omar faruk osman to the regional court in mogadishu upon receiving the
information of his arrival in mogadishu on 13 march, 2011 for union money
fraud, corruption and mismanagement but unfortunately he later escaped from the
justice. The union officials also requested the office of the attorney general
to issue a travel ban until the case against him will over, after the union
officials confirmed that he was a flight risk.
The executive committee of the national union of somali journalists met an
extra ordinary meeting at its office in mogadishu on 24 may, 2011 and discussed
various topics on the union business and among others decided that independent
bodies conduct investigations over omar faruk?s claim and that funds of the
union for last two years be investigated, since it has been misused by its
former secretary general, omar faruk osman.
?We are
alarmed by the ifj?s statement of its claim of armed robbery of our office, but
luckily we are not the only people left on the ground in mogadishu,.? Said
mohammed ibrahim, nusoj interim secretary general, ?there are civil society
organizations, human rights organizations and defenders government
institutions, un bodies in the country and other independent organizations who
can be reached fo verification and we call them to conduct a thorough
independent investigation over the case.?
?We are
at nusoj office and the interim office bearers have been working in the office
since february 10, 2011, which was when omar was removed from the office and
will not rest until we stand omar faruk a fair trail? Ibrahim added noting that
the era of the lawlessness and robbery claim has gone and nusoj will not
further tolerate repeated
bare attacks on its legitimacy.
For
more information, please contact:
mr.
Burhaan daahir, nusoj interim president
tel: +252
61 5531300
mohammed
ibrahim,
nusoj
interim secretary general
tel:
+252 62 273423
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