He once again calls for peace and extends an olive branch to the residents of Sool regio
The President H.E. Dr. Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi Irro once again reiterated the need for the defence of the nation and at the same time similarly extended a branch of olive to the belligerent residents of Sool region and appealed for peaceful reconciliation.
The Head of State stated the facts as he held on Saturday an unprecedented national consultative meeting with the official national political parties which he said would be a constant one in his administration.
The meeting brought together the heads of the three parties viz., the ruling party WADDANI, KULMIYE and KAAH led by their consecutive chairmen Messrs Hirsi Ali Haji Hassan, Mohamoud Hashi Abdi and Mohamed Kahin Ahmed respectively.
Noting that the political parties were part of national institutions, he pointed out that they ought to be engaged in deliberations of national interests.
While thanking the political party officials for promptly heeding his call for the consultative meeting, the President underpinned the fact that the nation has to be safeguarded from within and without.
He further noted that the country was not one at war with its own but would always be diligent in their duties and aspire to the guidelines of nationhood and its governance as per expectations.
He stated that the security arms of the government have full orders and directives to handle matters that undermine national cohesion and internal security as per their duties.
The President congratulated the three political parties to have won and clinched officialdom to become the only official political parties mandated to operate for the next ten years.
In reciprocation, the chairmen of the opposition parties thanked the President for his call and pledged to work with the government as duly per national calling.
They gave their advice to the Head of State as to how national cohesion may be cemented and combatting wayward social media propaganda which undermines cohesiveness and renders populaces asunder.
They pledged that they would do their best to help foster peaceful security and stability, national economy and solid unity, hence, tether such negative and unbecoming propaganda from within the country and abroad.
They also sought from the state the bolstering of political parties to make democracy and its institutions be a formidable process in nation building.
On his part, the chair of the ruling party WADDANI echoed the sentiments of his colleagues and further underpinned the need to have concerted efforts focussed in addressing insurgency and associated miss-demeanor.
