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Hargeisa (SL Times) - The House of Representatives blocked Tuesday the confirmation of President Rayale’s designated Minister of Information, Mr. Abdillahi Mohamed Duale, by 43 votes against and 23 in favor. Mr. Duale who was re-appointed in the same post he had held under the previous cabinet, will now be due for replacement following the humiliating defeat his confirmation has suffered in the House.
As Minister of Information, Duale will be best remembered as the architect and sponsor of a repressive draft press law that the Somaliland government submitted to the House of Representatives. The House has not yet taken a decision on the Bill.
During his tenure as Minister of Information, Mr. Duale, better known as Abdillahi Yare, had funded the founding of Somaliland Journalists Association (SOLJA). The real motive behind his close association with the formation of SOLJA was, according to many journalists, to undermine the "Somaliland Society For Independent Journalists and Writers", which was launched on Dec 15, 2003.
The SSJW vehemently apposes any attempts by the government to curtail the independence of media organizations.
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