Mogadishu (RBC) Somalia Federal President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has returned back on Tuesday from his two days visit to Baydhabo town in the Baay region failing to end the disputed two state formation initiatives in Baydhabo, RBC Radio reports.
President has departed from Baydhabo today leaving the Speaker of the Parliament Mohamed Osman Jawari in Baydhabo to continue, what the government termed as the consultations for resolving the political crisis towards the formation of Somalia’s South West state.
President Mohamud returned as the Speaker announced that the Federal Government of Somalia did not and will not support any of the two disputed states; one claiming to be six-region administration and the other claiming to be three-region.
In a statement released the government today, President Mohamud said nothing about the direction his government will take after failing to resolve the political disputes in Baydhabo.
“The elders and the people in Baydhabo welcomed the president and thanked for his visit.” the statement mentioned.
According to elders in Baydhabo who spoke with RBC Radio, President campaigned to cancel the two administrations declared in Baydhabo recently, and instead the government called the formation of a new administration of three regions.
But elders of the South West regions told clearly that they won’t comprise from their initiatives.
A presidential officer told RBC Radio that president Mohamud left the town as he was running to Brussels for another meeting, and that the Speaker of the Parliament was tasked to continue bargaining with the rival groups in Baydhabo.
Source: RBC
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