Somalia stares at old problem on term limits for state leaders
Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre (left) and President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. Somalia had been calm and focused on Al-Shabaab militants until December 18 when an old problem re-emerged: When does a term of federal state president actually start and end? PHOTO | COURTESY | VILLA SOMALIA
Somalia had been calm and focused on Al-Shabaab militants until December 18 when an old problem re-emerged: When does a term of federal state president actually start and end? A common problem in all of Somalia’s federal states, this time it befell on South West state, one of the regions where al Shabaab is most endemic to in Somalia with blockaded roads and infiltrated sectors.
And State President Abdiaziz Hassan Laftagareen is fighting claims his term had expired, four years after he was elected. Mr Laftagareen’s presidential victory back in 2018 had raised a storm.
