Former Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed blasted President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Saturday, questioning the feasibility of planned one-person, one-vote elections amid ongoing security challenges and condemning the administration’s forced evictions in Mogadishu.
Sharif Sheikh Ahmed argued that Somalia’s current security conditions make individual voting impractical, accusing President Hassan Sheikh of promoting the plan for personal gains instead of prioritizing national stability.
Ahmed cited challenges in districts like Heliwaa and Kahda, where residents live under constant threat from Al-Shabaab, as proof that the government’s push for individual voting is unrealistic.
He also expressed disappointment over President Hassan Sheikh’s recent request for Parliament to delay their recess, describing it as an inappropriate overreach of presidential power.
The former president condemned the administration’s handling of land disputes in Mogadishu, referencing a violent clash at Ex-Control Afgoye, where residents were forcibly evicted.
“It is heartbreaking to see what happened at Ex-Control Afgoye,” Ahmed said. “Young men who served this nation should not witness their families being displaced. Where has the land taken from them been allocated?”
