Thousands Throng Mogadishu Streets to Protest Ethiopia, Somaliland Deal
GOOBJOOG NEWS | MOGADISHU: Thousands of Mogadishu residents led by the Governor of Banadir region and Mayor of Mogadishu Yusuf Hussein Jimale held demonstrations on Wednesday to denounce the naval deal between Ethiopia and Somaliland.
The demonstrators marched through the streets of the capital before gathering at the Eng Football Stadium where they were addressed by Mayor Jimale and other government officials who thanked the residents for expressing patriotism by supporting the Federal Government’s resolve to reject the deal.
Somalia rejected the January 1st deal, declaring it “null and Void” as local and international pressure mounts on Addis Ababa to rescind its decision.
A resolution of the Joint Session of the Lower and Upper Houses of Parliament on Tuesday declared the MoU inconsequential and without any legal basis, noting that Somaliland did not have any legal capacity to enter into such an agreement.
“The agreement between the Government of Ethiopia and Somaliland reached on January 1, 2024, in the city of Addis Ababa, is nothing without a legal basis, as it is against the Constitution of the country, international laws such as the United Nations Charter, the Charter of the African Union, the Act establishing the IGAD Regional Organization, and the International Resolutions of the Council,” article one of the resolution reads.
The lawmakers also directed the Federal Government to transmit the resolution to the African Union, the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the IGAD Regional Organization and the United Nations Office.