The Attorney General of North Eastern State Somalia (NES) has formally requested the regional House of Representatives to strip MP Fahiima Yusuf Quuje of her parliamentary immunity, paving the way for criminal proceedings over remarks in which she publicly declared that she had abandoned her support for both the idea of “Greater Somalia” and the North East Somalia administration.
MP Quuje on Friday announced that she resigned from the Northeastern State assembly membership.
In a letter dated July 15, 2026, signed by prosecutor general of the Las Anod-based administration, Abdullahi Hirsi Elmi, the request cites Articles 50 and 51 of the regional constitution, Articles 7 and 8 of the House of Representatives’ rules of procedure, and Articles 184, 218, and 222 of the Somali Penal Code as the legal basis for the proposed prosecution.
He stated that Quuje be removed from her parliamentary seat before the case is referred to the competent court. Copies of the request were sent to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the President of North East Somalia.
The development follows Quuje’s announcement from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, that she had resigned from the North East Somalia House of Representatives.
She said she had become disillusioned with the political vision upon which the administration was founded and no longer believed in its pursuit of a unified Somali state.
She also stated that she intended to travel onward to Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland.
Quuje, an outspoken had already left Las Anod and was in Ethiopia at the time she made the statement which she posted on her Facebook page.
However, documents that surfaced on Friday suggest legal action against Quuje had begun before her public resignation and political declaration.
A separate letter dated July 10, 2026, signed by the Speaker of the North East Somalia Parliament, requested that prosecutors open a criminal case against her, accusing the lawmaker of making what were described as “false statements” regarding the “existence and unity of the North East Somalia state.”
The timeline outlined in the two official documents indicates that authorities had already moved to initiate legal proceedings before Quuje publicly announced her change in political position.
The case has since attracted widespread public and political attention, with observers now awaiting the House of Representatives’ decision on whether to lift her immunity and allow the prosecution to proceed.
If approved, the case could become one of the most closely watched political prosecutions in the administration’s recent history.