Silanyo Rules Out Meeting Face to Face With President Rayale
Silanyo
HARGEISA, Somaliland (Somaliland Globe) – The leader of Somaliland’s opposition KULMIYE party has categorically ruled out that their officials will have any face-to-face meeting with president Rayale, saying there will be no talks unless the president fully honours what has been agreed upon by the three major political parties shortly after the six-month presidential term extension in May.
Ahmed M. Silanyo, KULMIYE Party
Silanyo said he had met with a group of traders who volunteered to mediate between the opposition parties and the president and informed them about his party’s “standpoint”
Speaking by phone to the Somaliland.Org news online, Silanyo said: “There is no face to face meeting that took place between our party and the president and there will never be one until and unless the president honours the previous agreement to which his party was a signatory. We have also made our position very clear to that group. We will not talk to nor shall we see the president until he honours the previous agreement”.
Asked what they would do if the House of Elders extended the president’s term of office for a third time, he said the people of Somaliland will not accept any more presidential term extensions anyway. He said he was confident that the Elders would respect the spirit of that agreement signed by all three major political parties. They know about our position and are also fully conversant with the contents of the agreement in question, he added.
When the House of Elders extended president Rayale’s term of office by six-months in May this year, there was an agreement signed by all parties that there will be no further presidential term extensions. The House of Elders acted as a witness to that agreement.
Meanwhile, members of the Lower House of Parliament postponed their recess to resume the debate on the impeachment charges being brought against president Rayale.
The majority of the Somaliland public wants Rayale to quit once his mandate runs out on 29 September this year since the presidential election will not take place on 27 September as announced by the National Electoral Commission. However, Rayale and his inner circle are doggedly determined to get a further presidential term extension come what may.
The ongoing saga of Somaliland’s political crisis worsens as the two sides drift even further apart.
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