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The past 48 hours Somalia witnessed a wave of political disasters and strange illegal actions from president Sharif and the quick endorsement and support from SRSG Ould-Abdallah.  SRSG endorsing the illegal action, have raised suspicion and destroyed trust within the Transitional Federal Institutions and within the international Community.
 
Both men have stated that they have done this to end a bickering among the leaders, however due to their actions they have managed to jointly slaughter the very purpose they served, implementing the Djibouti agreement, and  guaranteed continuity of the bickering and dispute,  the actions of the president where surprising and any conscious person following the Somali process since the formation of the Transitional Governments is aware of the Laws that surround, the appointment of the Prime minister and the sacking of the Prime minister.
 
In fact this was the very problem that deteriorate the previous TFG governments, and in one afternoon on 17th May 2010 after the Speaker resigned and the issue was done with, I repeat done with, the president had to say the words that would take Somali politics to the graveyard and fuel the alshabaab, that is to claim the power of the parliament as a supreme being, basically the president played god, at a time when following the rule of law was crucial, he said “I have dissolved the government”.
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 Normally presidents asked the ministers allied with them to resign and then they take the matter to the parliament seeking the parliament’s approval. and even those where a drag to progress and peace.  President Sharif however chose the wrong advice over the Law, and did a deed which will certify a very expensive error of judgment; on the contrary president Sharif had a moment of vision that afternoon, to forget the process and previous mistakes and land in the political volcano.
 
 the president violated the charter Article 44 and 31 only every other Somali person following Somali politics the past five years is an expert on the issue except the president, whose actions confirms his aloofness to the matter in hand, the president dashed to the sea to get dry, and elevated the problem to a higher level.
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Why he was not aware of this is the 64 million dollar question? These where the issues that ended previous governments, and all the president said to evoke this matter is “I dissolved the government” no president who said this survived, the political consequences that followed.
 
 
SRSG Ould-Abdallah mandated “to promote a lasting peace and stability in Somalia through the implementation of the Djibouti Peace Agreement” have done the opposite this time, he endorsed the illegal action of the president and threatened those who oppose it, and this time those who oppose the president decision have the charter on their side.
 
SRSG have managed in one-go to oppose the charter and destroy the Djibouti peace process, it seems that the SRSG has personalize the Somali conflict with the assistance of the president Sharif. Both men opened the flood gates to a new political turmoil and erosion of trust to the transitional Federal Institution, also in this action the SRSG and the president have created and widened the Somali Challenges and hindered the peace process, by enormously demoralizing the institution which is a fuel to Al-Shabaab terrorist.
 
A very expensive mistake by the two most valued pillars of saving Somalia President Sharif and SRSG Ould-Abdallah, what happens next is on their shoulders and their shoulders alone.
 
 
Liban Dahir Nur