A plot to overthrow the president of Ethiopia's Somali region?
Thursday January 24, 2019
There is a secret plot to force the resignation of Ethiopia’s Somali region, Mustafa Omer, and his cabinet, amidst the infighting that split the regional party, it was said. Legal and human rights advisor to the President, Jamal Diriye told DW Amharic that certain former officials of the region, federal government lower officials, are preparing to restore the previous administration, led by Abdi Mohamed Omer, commonly known as Abdi Illey, who is currently behind bars.
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Juweria Ali, a PhD Candidate in Politics and International Relations in London’s Westminster University and an activist from the region, reacted in a Twitter saying that it is a travesty that President Mustafa is being forced to resign by "high-level EPRDF officials in collaboration with remnants of Abdi Iley’s regime & other co-opted anti-reformist elites.” This will undoubtedly place the Somali Region in a state of turmoil, she warned.
A rebel group in the area , the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) released a statement calling upon the ruling party in the Somali state to resolve any difference internally in an amicable and transparent manner.
Source: Ethiopia Observer
A plot to overthrow the president of Ethiopia's Somali region?
Chairperson of the the ruling party in the region, Somali People's Democratic Party (SPDP), Ahmed Shide, is involved in the plot, Jamal told DW Amharic. Since stepping up as the region's leadership six months ago, the current leadership ha