Farmaajo’s greed for power put Somalia’s future in jeopardy

Somalia is a torn state and there was a chance for the current leaders to bring back the state into a ‘livable form’ but the greed for power overthrew the necessity and the Farmaajo government is adamant about continuing to do this for another term after it had officially ended on February 7 this year.

Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo has refused to leave office as the top leader and given the fact that the federal parliament’s mandate expired last year in December, Somalia does not have any legible government or effective parliament in a palace in papers. The country did not even have an election, which was earlier promised by the top powers last year.

However, many have blamed the international community for the situation in Somalia but contrary to this belief, it is not the foreign party that should be blamed but the sole responsibility should be taken by the Somalian leaders and so-called parliamentarians.

Farmaajo has time and again argued that his interim government should be in power till the next dates for elections are announced, which is a contrary belief to the very idea of elections. Since then, there have been numerous meetings about the rules governing the elections. The only involvement from the international side is a stand where they demand no partial elections and no partial processes.

He has expressed that he is not leaving the position because he fears any political vacuum will be dangerous for the country but experts argue that he had all the time to conduct elections before his term expired. As elections closed up, Farmaajo started giving weird and unofficial reasons why elections cannot be conducted.

Contrary to the claims of Farmaajo, he is no longer the president of Somalia. There were reports earlier this year that to avoid any democratic process or election in the country, the leader has also resorted to violent measures. He has reportedly killed people who have opposed the idea of continuation of his term.

Another thing that has been misinterpreted by most is that people assume that the country is in a crisis due to a constitutional situation but it is way more of a security crisis than the official one. Farmaajo is well aware that he is the one who controls security and it has nothing to do with the constitution but he is still choosing to ignore this very fact.

The country has seen itself under four years of rigorous dictator’s rule who is not focused on the issues of people but is solely concerned about power. People have decided not to recognize the government, especially after the term expired earlier this month. It is very clear Farmaajo is no more the president of the country but just a thief of power.