HARGEISA, Somalia - Lawmakers in Somalia's Transitional Federal
Government (TFG) are currently in the capital of the country's
northern breakaway republic of Somaliland despite threats by
Somaliland authorities. Three TFG lawmakers flew from the Somali
capital Mogadishu weeks ago and spent some time in Nairobi, Kenya,
before boarding a plane to Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland.
Two lawmakers were identified as MP Abdalla Haji Ali and MP Ahmed
Dahir Dakir, while the third unnamed MP was described as a new
lawmaker from the Somali Diaspora. The TFG Parliament was expanded in
Jan. 2009 to accommodate Islamists, TFG dissident lawmakers and civil
society representatives, including Diaspora activists.
Somaliland officials have previously vowed to arrest and send back any
member of the TFG who sets foot in Hargeisa and other towns in
Somaliland. In Feb. 2009, Somaliland police arrested TFG lawmaker
Mohamed Mohamud "Indhobur" for 11 days before putting him on a plane
back to Mogadishu.
Somaliland is located in northwestern Somalia and unilaterally
declared independence in 1991. The separatist region has not been
recognized internationally.
http://insidesomalia.org/200907091506/News/Politics/Somalia-MPs-visiting-Somaliland-capital.html
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