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Borama, Somaliland, August 28, 2010 (SL Times) – The Governor of Awdal
Region, Mr Muhammad Dahir Abdalle, held a press conference at his office
in which he announced that two members of Somalia's parliament were
arrested when they snuck back into Somaliland, and that other
parliamentarians are hiding and the police is still looking for them.
The two parliamentarians, Sitiin Hussein and Wehel, were former
officials in Somaliland's ministry of finance but participated in the
Djibouti conference where Sheikh Sharif was selected as President of
Somalia. They are in violation of a law passed by Somaliland's
parliament in 2008 which says that any Somalilander who takes an
official position with Somalia's government or participates in a
conference where a government is being set up for Somalia would be
punished and cannot return to the country until he asks for a pardon and
renounces his previous stance.
The arrival of these parliamentarians in Somaliland is not surprising,
however, since they are fleeing al-Shabaab’s continuous military
onslaught on the few blocks held by the government of Sheikh Sharif.
The governor said that the two parliamentarians will be brought to court
soon. He also talked about his recent tour of locations such as Lughaya
that were damaged by heavy rains, and appealed to international relief
organizations to help the affected areas.
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