The trade minister in the Transitional Federal Government, Muse Sudi Yalahow, who is among the mutiny ministers in the anti terror alliance for the fight against Islamic courts, dismissed to comply with the call of Somali prime minister Ali Gedi on ministers in Mogadishu to arrive in Baidoa immediately to join the cabinet sessions. Mr Muse Sudi said his remarks in a press conference held in his headquarter in Mogadishu on Thursday and he noted that he will not give any consideration to the GediÂ’s call on them to come at Baidoa town for seven days. Last week, premier Gedi set seven days deadline for his absent ministers in the cabinet. "I rejected from Ali Gedi to go Jowhar town 90km away from Mogadishu so what about his current call on me to reach Baidoa, 250km southwest of Mogadishu, I once again want to clarify that I donÂ’t recognize President Abdulahi Yusuf, speaker of parliament and premier Gedi". Mr. Sudi said.
Mr. Sudi was asked the possibility that he will lose his post in the government and said "I donÂ’t need any post and I donÂ’t recognize any government, what is a government? We fight against the terrorist cells in the capital and we (anti terror alliance) want to stabilize the capital and clear the entire terrorist suspects who had been harbored by Islamic courts." He mentioned they will continue the battle until all terrorist cells come to destruction. When asked why he rejects his ministerial post in the government, Mr. Sudi Yalahow replied with "I am not a minister because the minister is the one who has office to work and has car and I have never received salary from the transitional government."
Muse Sudi said the Islamic militiamen must be blamed on the casualties resulted from the recent clashes in the capital in which more than 150 people most of civilians killed and more than 200 others injured and thousands more displaced from their homes.