Borama (Kaab TV) – Members of Parliament Mohamed Abiib and Mukhtaar Hassan Maydhane jointly spoke out against the arrest of dozens of people who were detained in recent hours by Somaliland security forces in the city of Boorama, Awdal Region.
The two MPs said that the reason those people were arrested was because they were carrying the Palestinian flag, while the government of President Abdirahman Cirro has allowed people in Hargeisa to carry the Israeli flag.
They described it as illegal and a violation for people in Awdal to be arrested for carrying the Palestinian flag while those in Hargeisa are permitted to carry the Jewish (Israeli) flag. They called on the public to protest and reject what they described as the abuse of power being carried out.
“If someone in Boorama is arrested for carrying the Palestinian flag, while someone in Hargeisa is allowed to carry the Israeli flag, which religion and which constitution allows this? I say to our people: rise up and reject this. Cirro, the stick you used yesterday, today we will also take up that stick. Do not send us a Vice President; he himself is oppressed,” said MP Mukhtaar Hassan Maydhane.
Abiib and Maydhane stated that there is no security threat in the Awdal Region, but that the government of Abdirahman Cirro is creating tension by arresting civilians in order to provoke public sentiment.
They warned that they would lead an uprising against the detention of those arrested.
They also threatened to follow the same path taken by Sool, which is now a regional state recognized by the Federal Government. Abiib and Maydhane called on traditional elders to guide the future of the people of Awdal in a positive direction.