Farmaajo Tricks Somalia's Election

Former Director of the Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), has expressed concern on the lack of commitment by President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo in ensuring a peaceful transition in the country. Also, he has called for the leaders of the Federal Member States to stick to their decision on the importance of holding a timely election in Somalia.

Last week, the leaders of Somali regional states insisted that that they will not accept any term extension for the Federal Government following the end of the current tenure.

The ex-NISA chief has blamed that president Farmajo is not loyal to the goals of the conference in Dhusamareb. He said the mere solution to keep the country stable and afford unnecessary escalation is holding election in every four years.


"The president continues to play tricking games as he tries to seek excuses. That must not happen," Sanbalolshe said "Farmajo believes that his 2017 election was the end of Somalia's democracy. He wants to have his presidency extended under the pretext of preventing vacuum and preparing one-person -one-vote polls which is not a realistic theory of today."

He added that at the moment there is no possibility of going to one-person one-vote polls as the term-end approaches. He said the current administration has been slow to achieve the requirement for an inclusive electoral model, according to an interview.

Meanwhile, in a response to a question about what compelled him to criticise President Farmajo and the current intelligence director, Fahad Yassin Dahir in a recent article, Sanbalolshe reiterated the menace brought by illegal merger between NISA and the country's political bureaucracy. He even called Fahad to be the 'owner of the Farmajo administration'.

Sanbaloshe, a two-time director of the National Intelligence Service (NISA), has been a vocal critic of President Farmajo's government in recent years.