Mr. President, let’s not sugarcoat this. What you did this past week is deeply disappointing and frankly, dangerous. In the middle of the most important session of the year, a moment meant for public accountability and budget scrutiny, you blindsided the parliament and the public with a rushed, unplanned, and confusing announcement of new districts and administrative boundaries.
Let’s be real, the parliament may be weak. It may be symbolic in many ways. But it’s still the only space where your administration can be questioned.
The only place where, even with all its limitations, someone might still raise their hand and say?
“Where did the money go?”
“What happened to the promises?”
“Why are people still without water, jobs, or schools?”
But instead of welcoming that moment, you derailed it. You brought in a prepackaged political distraction an administrative stunt with no proper roadmap, no legal clarity, and absolutely zero consultation with the public or with elected representatives.
And the result? Total chaos.
Since your announcement, everyone has been in a state of confusion including government officials, MPs, administrators, even your own party members.
No one knows the boundaries.
No one knows the criteria.
No one knows the budget implications.
No one knows whether this is real or symbolic.
The parliament lost its only window for real scrutiny. The public lost confidence in the process. And the institutions that are supposed to uphold order and planning were left scrambling to figure out what just happened.
This isn’t just poor timing. It’s political sabotage.
Let’s call it what it is, a tactic to silence accountability. A deliberate move to bury the budget conversation under a pile of noise. Because you knew if that conversation had gone forward real questions were coming. And real answers were expected.
If you were serious, if you genuinely believed in creating new districts and cities, you would have consulted them first. You would have invited discussion. You would have shared the criteria. You would have explained how these changes serve the public, not just the optics of power.
But you didn’t.
Instead, you ambushed everyone. And now we’re left picking up the pieces of a political mess that didn’t need to happen. Not now. Not like this.
Mr. President, we need to be clear with you: This is not how you lead. This is how you confuse, delay, and deflect.
And whether it was driven by political fear, pressure from insiders, or a misguided sense of strategy, you have weakened public trust and set a terrible precedent.
The Somali Region doesn’t need theatrics. We don’t need showmanship. We need:
Accountability.
Inclusion.
Planning.
And real, grounded leadership.
You still have a chance to do the right thing.
Because believe me: we are watching. And we are no longer confused, we are just insulted.
Non negotiable rights
Ahmed Yassin
