Somalia: Somaliland leader fires High Court Chief Judge
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- Posted On 19-04-2015, 09:26AM
HARGEISA, Somalia, April 19, 2015 (Garowe Online)- The President of Somaliland’s separatist administration Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud Siilaanyo has fired Chief Judge of High Court Yusuf Ismael Ali on the grounds of complaints from the public and the alleged arrest of Human Rights Commission Chairman on Sunday, Garowe Online reports.
According to a decree from his office, judicial affairs commission members were consulted on the sacking, raising questions over the legitimacy of the move.
No successor has been assigned to the top judiciary post.
The sacking of Ali comes less than two days after authorities detained Somaliland Human Rights Commission head Gulled Ahmed Jama.
Jama’s arrest was allegedly ordered by the sacked Chief Judge of Supreme Court.
Similar presidential decree saw former Somaliland High Court Chief Judge Mohamed Hirsi Ismael (Omane) removed in June 2011.
Somaliland, located in northwestern Somalia declared its independence from the rest of the country as de facto sovereign state in 1991 but it has not been recognized internationally yet.
GAROWE ONLINE
