The national electoral body had banned Robow from participating in the elections because of his past record, but the Southwest State’s election body later cleared him. Now the government is arguing that he is yet to be cleared from the United States’ list of terrorists. and committed a lot of crimes. Rape, Murder Extortion killing thousands innocent Somali people, and now want to be governor is joke Human right is looking into the crime he committed,
The determination by the Somalia federal government to influence the outcome of the Southwest State’s Governors election has raised doubts about whether the polls will still be held on December 19 having already been postponed three times. The election was initially set for November 17, but was pushed to November 28 and then December 5, due to what the government says is a lack of equipment and ballot papers.
However, experts on Somalia say that the government of President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed is determined to get a friendly leader in Southwest State especially after the regional leaders threatened to suspend their cooperation with the centre in September.
The president and his Prime Minister, Hassan Ali Khaire are backing former minster of energy and water resources, Addukaziz Andullahi Mohammed, and are opposed to the candidature of former Al Shabaab deputy leader Mukhtar Robow. However, National Assembly Speaker Mohamed Mursal Abdirahman — who hails from Southwest — is opposed to the federal government’s interference and is demanding that Mogadishu remain neutral in the matter.
Mr Abdirahman, who took over from Mohamed Osman Jawari in April, is also opposed to the deployment of more troops to Baidoa to safeguard the election, after intelligence reports revealed that Al Shabaab was planning to disrupt the polls. The three leaders met on December 3 to discuss the issues, but the differences still remain.