{"id":116284,"date":"2026-03-04T15:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T15:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/116284\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T15:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T15:10:07","slug":"two-federal-ministers-resign-over-somalias-revised-constitution-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/116284\/","title":{"rendered":"Two federal ministers resign over Somalia\u2019s revised constitution process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771591086_399_hol.jpg\" alt=\"HOL Logo\" class=\"source-logo-inline\"\/><br \/>Wednesday March 4, 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/17726345591772614949Screenshot2026-03-04010115.png\" alt=\"Two federal ministers resign over Somalia\u2019s revised constitution process\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mogadishu (HOL) \u2014 Two Somali federal ministers from Puntland have resigned in protest over constitutional amendments approved on Wednesday, deepening political tensions between Mogadishu and regional leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Aynaashe Yusuf Hussein, state minister for labor and social affairs, and Ismail Buraale, state minister for petroleum and minerals, both members of the House of the People representing Puntland constituencies, announced their resignations following parliamentary vote to adopt a revised constitution.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Aynaashe accused the federal leadership of attempting to reshape Somalia\u2019s governance into a system dominated by a single authority, warning that such changes threaten national unity and the federal balance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people of Puntland entrusted me with this seat,\u201d he said. \u201cI cannot be part of anything that harms them and their government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also alleged that lawmakers from Puntland had been obstructed from carrying out their constitutional duties and prevented them from traveling to their constituencies, describing the situation as a violation of parliamentary rights.<\/p>\n<p>Ismail Buraale said he opposed what he characterized as an incomplete and unilateral constitutional process. He argued that fundamental amendments require broad consultation and national consensus rather than approval through a parliamentary session marked by opposition boycotts.<\/p>\n<p>The presidency and the prime minister\u2019s office have not publicly responded to the resignations.<\/p>\n<p>The resignations follow the approval of a revised constitution by Somalia\u2019s bicameral parliament on Wednesday, formally replacing the provisional charter adopted in 2012 at the end of the country\u2019s transitional period.<\/p>\n<p>In a joint sitting of the House of the People and the Upper House, 223 lawmakers voted in favor of the amended document, including 186 members of the lower house and 37 senators.<\/p>\n<p>Government officials have described the new constitution as a milestone in Somalia\u2019s state-building process, saying it clarifies the division of powers between federal and state authorities and strengthens institutional governance.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition figures, however, argue that the process lacked sufficient political consensus and risks exacerbating tensions between the federal government and regional administrations at a sensitive political moment.<\/p>\n<p>The resignations underscore widening divisions as Somalia approaches key electoral deadlines and debates continue over the structure of its federal system and the future direction of national governance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wednesday March 4, 2026 Mogadishu (HOL) \u2014 Two Somali federal ministers from Puntland have resigned in protest over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[2734,41610,24792,18065,64342,64341,41367,1984,5158,13217],"class_list":{"0":"post-116284","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-somalia","8":"tag-constitution","9":"tag-federal","10":"tag-ministers","11":"tag-over","12":"tag-process","13":"tag-resign","14":"tag-revised","15":"tag-somalia","16":"tag-somalias","17":"tag-two"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@africa\/116171546595595046","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}