Mogadishu (Sunatimes) Somalia MPs want the United
Nations to replace its representative Augustine Mahiga for allegedly failing in
his duties.
In a petition to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the
MPs said they had found it difficult to work with ambassador Mahiga.
MP Awad Ahmed Ashareh said Friday the petition would be
presented to Mr Ban during his visit to Mogadishu.
Others who signed the petition are Sheikh Nooer Ali,
Abdulkadir Sheikh Ismail, Madooba Nuuno, Issa Wahaliya and Mohamed Aden
Waagelle.
He said the UN office in Somalia under the leadership
of the envoy had failed to involve MPs in decision making and to consider
Somali traditional politics.
“The people of Somalia have been forcefully placed in a
straightjacket and have been saddled with a cumbersome road map without any
clear commitment to fund it in a timely manner,” the petition said.
The roadmap has four pillars: Reconciliation, security,
constitution process and good governance, which have to be addressed
effectively while building consensus among Somalis.
The MPs said it was wrong for UN Political Office for
Somalia (UNPOS) to support the doubling of Somalia MPs to 550 a size they said
is incompatible to the country’s population, resources and “unacceptable to a
war-torn country".
The legislators said UNPOS jumped over its facilitation
role of stakeholders consultative meetings by “ignoring the ownership,
authority and the legitimacy of the Somalia Transitional Federal Institutions
while violating the Transitional Federal Charter by engaging few unlawfully
selected participants.”
“The Transitional Federal Charter clearly spells out
that two or more regions can form a federal state. Contrary, UNPOS recognized,
encouraged and cooperated with small entities numbering over 20 and claiming to
be regional governments against the articles of the charter,” the petition
said.
The MPs denied that they are against the roadmap to
stability in Somalia and reforms.
They thanked the Kenyan Government for hosting more
than 500,000 Somalia refugees, facilitating the reconciliation conference that
led to formation of current Somalia institutions and allowing Somali
businessmen to venture in the country.
The MPs welcomed Kenya’s operation against the
Al-Shabaab in Somalia saying the militia had endangered the country’s stability
and economy.
The legislators, however, said the operation should be
led by the Transitional Federal Government forces and follow international
rules.
“The fighting of extremists is a global issue which
needs consolidated and collective effort from all nations especially the big
powers, the Islamic World and countries in horn of Africa. The countries should
plan how to fight the extremists who are a threat to peace and stability in
whole world,” Mr Ashareh said.
He added: “Shabaab is composed of moderates and
extremists. We have to rehabilitate and accommodate the moderate ones and fight
the extremists.”
Mr Ashareh said Kenya should share intelligence with
TFG to avoid a misunderstanding among Somalia population of the incoming
forces.
“Governments in the Horn of Africa should come together
and tackle the issue of Al-Shabaab as one and keep away their different
interests,” Mr Ashareh said.
Mr Ashareh also said 160 Somalia MPs want the Speaker
of the Transitional Federal Parliament removed for failure to respect
separation of power, paralysing functions of Parliament, derailing work of
parliamentary committees and failing to establish administrative organs of
Parliament.
Source: Daily Nation
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