ADDIS ABABA (Halbeeg News) – Communication bureau chief of Somali regional state, Guled Al Ali Kaahin has been relieved of his duty following order from the state’s cabinet.
Mr. Kahin who was also cabinet member was removed from his position for “repeatedly refusing to attend cabinet meetings and deliberately sending misleading information to the federal government,” according to Addis Standard, an online portal based in Ethiopia.
The portal said that Kaahin was briefly detained by the region’s police for refusing to comply with the cabinet’s decision but was released after having been interviewed by the police.
He was also reportedly accused of being “the main source of instability, and he is implicated for being behind a clash in Dire Dawa city”,
Meanwhile, the region’s cabinet, together with elders from the region, has also called Ahmed Shide, chairperson of the Somali People’s Democratic Party (SPDP) who is also the federal government’s finance minister, to come to Jigjiga, the region’s capital, for consultations “within two days.”
On Wednesday, the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) had issued a statement calling “for both the ruling party and the federal government to respect the wishes and dignity of the Somali people and desist from any acts that could jeopardise the stability and the well-being of the Somali regional state and the people.”
“The Somali people in the Somali regional state (Ogaden) have a legal right to manage their political affairs and full self-rule upheld both by the Ethiopian constitution and international law. The most fundamental tenet of these entitlements is the right to choose their leaders. Furthermore, Premier Abiy has promised to all peoples in Ethiopia to respect their democratic rights and open the political space,” the statement reads in part.
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