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Somalia: Somaliland opposition want to 'impeach the president'
4 Aug 4, 2009 - 7:30:05 PM
HARGEISA, Somalia Aug 4 (Garowe Online) - Opposition party officials in Somalia's separatist republic of Somaliland have accused President Dahir Riyale of violating the constitution, Radio Garowe reports.
Faisal Ali Warabe, chairman of the opposition party UCID, told the VOA Somali Service that the election commission has "sided with the government" and the ruling UDUB party.
"The government [of President Riyale] wants to stay in power and we oppose this," said Mr. Warabe, who was speaking by telephone from the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
Mr. Warabe noted that he is traveling to Nairobi, Kenya, where he is expected to meet with Kulmiye opposition party chairman, Mr. Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo, and are "preparing" a parliament motion to impeach Somaliland's president.
Kulmiye officials had announced that the opposition party "lost confidence" in the Somaliland election commission.
Further, opposition parties are frustrated with President Riyale's decision to expel the Interpeace head in Somaliland.
Interpeace has been helping the government with the voter-registration process and planned to monitor the Sept. 27 presidential election.
Somaliland's president had declared that the election will take place on time without use of the incomplete voter-registration data, while critizing foreign donors for "interfering" in Somaliland elections. These developments have further alienated the opposition leaders.
Somaliland's election crisis ignited in May 2008, when President Riyale received the first of two term-extensions by the House of Guurti, the upper house of parliament. The breakaway republic unilaterally declared independence in 1991 but has not been recognized internationally.
Source: Garowe Online
