MOGADISHU (Halbeeg News) – Somali Minister for Interior, Abdullahi Nor has today suspended the country’s Police Commissioner, General Abdi Hassan Mohamed Hijar ahead of the elections of the Lower House Speaker in Mogadishu.
In a statement, Nur accused Hijar of using his authority to disrupt the planned (parliamentary) sessions, ordering the suspension to be implemented with immediate effect..
“The Police Commissioner has repeatedly violated the federal constitution, persistently misused the authority, and today the Commissioner attempted to obstruct the parliamentary proceedings by using force to stop the planned sessions while endangering the representatives of the Federal Parliament,” the statement reads in part. “The Police Commissioner, General Abdi Hassan Mohammed, is suspended from his position as the police chief effective April 27, 2022. ”
The suspension of the police boss comes hours after Somali prime minister Mohamed Hussein Roble order African Mission in Somalia to the security responsibility of the venue hosting the elections of Lower House Speaker which is scheduled to take place today.
In a Facebook post, the Prime Minister said that the ATMIS leadership would work closely with the Office of the Prime Minister, the Ministries of Security and Defense, and the interim Speaker of Parliament.
“The list of MPs entering the Afisiyooni tent will be submitted by the interim speaker of the parliament. Then the prime minister’s office will check and submit it to ATMIS”, the Prime Minister said.
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