Former Mogadishu mayor says the government fail to create sustainable progress

The former mayor of Mogadishu has said that the leaders of Somali government have failed to lead the nation towards the sustainable progress that Somalia to reached prosperity.

Mohamud Ahmed Noor Tarsan accused the government leaders of turning their backs on national interest and starting ploughing the political field for their second term return.

“The current leaders have been busy preparing them for the second term and did nothing for the nation and its people,” said Tarsan.

Tarsan has called the clan elders to be vigilant about the decisive of the politicians who are driving personal interests.

The comment of the former mayor comes less than 24 hours after  one of the Somali sultans on Saturday called on the Somali government to restore democratic rule through free and fair elections.

Sultan Mohamed Yussuf Afgaduud urged Somali government to conduct free and fair elections that can lead the nation to reach its ambition.

“We call on the country’s political leaders to work toward free, fair, and internationally recognized elections that restore democratic rule, and for free, fair, and independent elections to be held,” said Afgaduud.

Somalia is expected to go to the polls this August to vote in presidential and parliamentary elections.

The current President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the parliament were appointed by clan elders in 2012 with foreign backers promising full democracy in 2016, signalling an end to decades of chaos and instability.

But the decision to ditch plans for a full election highlights that progress on key issues — notably security and the threat from Al-Shabaab fighters — has not been as quick as hoped for.