Hiiraan Online
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Addressing a function attended by Somali professionals at government headquarters in the capital, the troubled president reached to the elite population asking them to avoid organising and taking part in unnecessary demonstrations.
“We would like you to avoid taking part in unnecessary protests; because these do not help the peace process in our country “the president told the professional society in Somalia
The president who appeared disturbed by the unprecedented waves of demonstrations, called on the community to avoid injuring Somalia’s fragile peace and reconciliation efforts. Dialogue is the best solution for Somalia he told them.
President Sharif described the Kampala Accord as an important means to pursue the ongoing efforts to pacify the country asking the groups who attended the government-sponsored function to support the agreement in letter and in spirit.
“This agreement was an attempt to resolve the longstanding disagreement between the transitional federal institutions of the government. We hope that the resolution will help the government and the people of Somalia” he said
A group of professionals in the function however appeared defiant saying that they were not ready to witness the fall of the transitional government, promising to concert all efforts in the realisation of peace and instability in the country.
Mogadishu’s residents have been on the streets for several days, angered by the Kampala agreement where the president and the country’s parliament speaker signed a Ugandan mediated treaty which required prime minster Mohamed Abdullahi (Farmajo) to resign within a period of 30 days.
The agreement has since worried Somali populations in and outside the country and a cross-section of the international community, who are taking issues with some of the unacceptable clauses that usurps the power of the Somali parliament and does not respect the will of the Somali people.