A spokesman for Somalia’s moderate pro-government group Ahlu Sunna Waljamaca has disapproved the appointment of some members claimed to be from his group into the new Somali cabinet.

Sheikh Abdullahi sheikh Abu Yusuf told reporters in central Somali town of Guriel that his group has officially walked out of the power-sharing agreement it signed with the transitional federal government in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on mid-March.

 “Those appointed under our name are people who were picked by individuals within the government, they were in the former government,” he said.

“For those reasons, we are declaring that we have officially walked out of the agreement that was signed in Addis Ababa,”

This comes just two days after Somalia’s Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Sharma’rke named two ministers from Ahlu Sunnah in a reshuffle.

Among the four are Ahmed Abdi Salan who was named security minister and Yusuf Dhulow named planning and international cooperation minister.

The power-sharing deal was aimed at strengthening relation between the two sides and forges a united front against the radical al Shabaab and Hizbul Islam groups.

GAROWE ONLINE