Mahiga – PM Didn’t Tell Me He Won’t Resign

Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)

16 June 2011

Nairobi — Augustine Mahiga, the UN special representative for Somalia on Wednesday said that he contacted the prime minister of Somalia Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed discussing the latest developments in strife-torn horn of Africa nation.

In an interview with BBC Somali Service, Mahiga noted that premier gave briefings about the security situation in the country, Mogadishu in particular, adding that he declined to talk anything about the politics.

The UN special envoy for Somalia spelled out the prime minister didn’t say that he will resign.

During Kamapala meeting, he showed his word of honest, Mahiga said the interview with BBC.

The popular prime minister of the Somali interim federal government on Tuesday disclosed he won’t quit the job until parliament approves the Kampala accord that suggests the prime minister be dismissal within 30 days. The agreement also extends the government’s mandate for a year.

“Respecting the calls of Somali people inside and outside of the country, I felt I had to listen to their voice,’ Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed said in a news conference. ‘Thus I will not leave office until the Kampala accord goes before the parliament and gets ratified by the representatives of Somalis (MPs).’

The premier also shed a light on the latest street protests in Mogadishu and parts of the world against his dismissal, saying he appreciated the Somali people for their expression of support.

“We see the demonstrations that took place inside and outside Somalia as a part of Somalis’ feelings and expressions towards peace and development. Indeed we didn’t fund the people because no one can buy Somalis,” he said in response to the Somali president’s statement on Sunday that the Mogadishu rallies were financially supported.

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