Somalia: Puntland Sends Turkish Aid ship back to Mogadishu
Garoowe : Somalia | Aug 10, 2013 at 6:39 AM PDT
Garowe:-Puntland State Administration has sent a ship carrying aid food back to the Somali capital Mogadishu today on Saturday indicating it to
be Politicized food from Turkish government that reached the port city of Bosaso in Bari region according to statement and officials.The statement
says the illegal manner in which the food shipment arrived in Puntland and the intentional by passing of Puntland Government is clear violation
by Federal Government against Puntland Government and its laws. Puntland Government nominated a Ministerial Committee to assess and decide
on this matter. The Committee studied the shipment’s documents, assessed the manner in which the shipment was organized and sent, confirmed
the objectives and political interests involved, acknowledged that the Federal Government did not send a request or any communication to Puntland,
and the Committee decided to send the shipment back to the original source. It has become clear that this shipment is part of Federal Government’s
political manipulation in Somalia, in gross violation of Provisional Federal Constitution and Puntland Constitution.
The Committee expresses its disappointment with the Turkish Red Crescent office in Mogadishu, which requested Federal Government’s Ministry of
Interior and National Security to provide security for food distribution in districts of Puntland. Puntland Government will soon send an official letter to
Turkish Red Crescent and the Turkish Government to provide clarification on this politicized violation that Turkey has become part of. Ministry of
security of Puntland, Khalif Isse Mudan told the media that ship was carrying 500 ton of sugar and 500 ton of floor and intended to specific districts
in the region.
This statement comes as Puntland state declared that it suspended ties with federal government of Somali last week after accusing the federal
government to have the constitution violated and there is no reaction from both Turkish officials and the central government so far.
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