Opposition leaders criticize President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s administration for selling public lands, calling it unconstitutional and a betrayal of vulnerable communities.
Opposition leaders in Somalia, including former President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire, and MP Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame, have issued a scathing denunciation of what they describe as the illegal auctioning of public lands by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s administration.
In a joint statement, the opposition leaders accused the government of flagrantly breaching constitutional and legal provisions designed to safeguard public assets. They criticized the administration for enabling forced evictions in Mogadishu, displacing vulnerable communities and internally displaced persons (IDPs) to facilitate land sales to wealthy businessmen.
Reports suggest that proceeds from these sales are being funneled directly to President Hassan Sheikh and his immediate family, including his wives and children. Key sites affected include former military camps, public cemeteries, schools, and abandoned government ministry buildings, leaving displaced residents in increasingly precarious conditions.
The leaders urged the Somali public to resist attempts to privatize public assets unlawfully and called for stricter enforcement of legal protections. They demanded accountability from the administration and warned that failure to address these grievances could deepen public distrust and exacerbate socio-economic inequalities.
The statement signals a growing divide in Somalia’s political landscape, underscoring the critical need for transparency, adherence to legal standards, and protection of vulnerable communities as the country navigates its path forward.
