Farmaajo Will Be Re-elected, But He Won’t Have a Country to Rule
By Hassan Keynan Prediction and byzantine Somali politics do not easily mix. Nevertheless, one could take a chance to predict that President Farmaajo and Company are likely to return to power. He will NOT come back through fair play. Fair and credible elections do not seem to be top among his priorities. His fortune leader saw the stars aligned for the great leader. Farmaajo will return through a combination of factors: sheer ambition, will, early planning, effective organization, well-resourced mobilization, uncompromising commitment and singular determination to achieve results by any means necessary. He is arrogant and opportunistic, and stops at nothing to get what he wants. Farmaajo will use violence, intimidation, blackmail, deception and fraud to get him re-elected. He will not even hesitate to commit treason if it delivers for him. Variations of all these elements have been evident from the day Farmaajo was elected President in February 2017. Farmaajo and Hassan Khaire ar