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Hargeysa, Somaliland, November 14, 2009 (SL Times) –
A court case against Somaliland’s political parties was kicked back and
forth between the attorney general and the Supreme Court. The case was
filed against the political parties by a Somaliland citizen, Mr Mohamud
Jama Ahmed, and it charges the parties of having committed crimes for
which they should be liable.
Mohamud Jama Ahmed, a law student at the Two Niles University (Jamiat
al-Nilayn), originally filed the case with the attorney general who
passed it to the supreme court, which sent it back to the attorney
general, who then declined to make any further moves on the case. The
attorney general’s justification for not considering the case was that
it did not fall within his duties to look at the case and that it was
the duty of the Supreme Court to handle it. Similarly, the head of the
supreme court Hirsi Ismail ( Oomane) said he is a judge and only
considers cases that were referred to him, but he does not initiate
cases against people, although he did concede that violations of the law
did occur during the recent political crisis.
Mr. Mohamud Jama Ahmed is still committed to pushing for the case
against the political parties. He accused the political parties of grave
violations of the law during the last political crisis, and insisted
that they should be accountable for their crimes, and no one should be
above the law. He also appealed to Somaliland’s citizens to bring
pressure to bear on the judicial system so they would take the case,
otherwise, the political parties will continue in their actions that
violate the law and endanger the lives of citizens. For him, it is a
matter of principle.
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