 (SomaliNet) The unity and the traditional council of Hawiye tribe Wednesday boycotted to attend the consultative meeting by Hawiye clans which is expected to take place in Mogadishu on Thursday.
| Hmmm... Hawiyes get a wild hair up their collective derriere and Mog erupts in violence. Oh, who could possibly be responsible? |
| I'm still trying to parse that sentence. It makes my brain hurt. |
In a press release contained of seven articles, the council said their refusal is based on several causes as written below: 41. That the conflict between Hawiye clans to be resolved.
36. That the Hawiye meeting would not be fruitful unless the president of Somalia Abdulahi Yusuf Ahmed and the leader of the national reconciliation conference committee Ali Mahdi Mohamed answer the text which the Hawiye council submitted to them.
43. That the agreement between the council and the national conference committee over the duration and the aim of the meeting was violated.
11. The Hawiye council said that there were some amendments on the agenda in the meeting and at the same time no definition was given.
84. That it was refused to raise the Ethiopian harassments on the Somali society particularly on the Hawiye people.
66. That it was absolutely fabrication that Hawiye consultation meeting is paving the way for upcoming the national reconciliation conference. In the press release, the council put two conditions on attending the 15 July conference: The meeting should be held in a secure and neutral venue and it should be inclusive for political rivals. |