Gedi has gone what next?

By: Saacid Nageeye. He can be reached at: sn_xa@hotmail.com

The prime minister of Somali Transitional Federal government, Ali Mohamed Gedi has tendered his resignation last Monday after a long dispute with president, The Adbullahi Yusuf, which was jeopardized the Ethiopian-backed Government.

Mr. Gedi a veterinarian turned politician is accused of deteriorating to end the continues violence between the insurgents and Tribe rebels a side and the government arms and it’s allied forces in the other side, in the Somali capital, the Mogadishu and he is also accused of corrupting the Millions of dollars donated by donors.

This political feud between Gedi and President Abdullahi Yusuf has started after months of Gedi’s nomination to Prime Minster. Although they have both enjoyed Addis Ababa's support since they came to power in late 2004, but their dispute had delayed progress by the government, the 14th attempt at installing central rule in Somalia since in 1991.

After Gedi’s accusation of above mentioned things, the president, the Abdullahi along with some Western support, decided in September Gedi must go and set out to force him from office with a constitutional trick or ploy that would have amounted to a no-confidence vote, if successful.

Though, he tried to maintain being a Prime Minister, but he failed to get support he needed from his Tribe, the Hawiye and the Ethiopian Leader.

The Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed held talks with clan and political leaders to appoint a new prime minister to replace Gedi, who was accused by critics of failing to quell a months-old insurgency and rebuild Somalia's institutions, and he (the Present) held consultation with Some Western as well as Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin, two days after the resignation of the war-torn country's prime minister.

Many political analysts belief that the Gedi’s Resignation would end the violence because he was an obstacle and had not aptitude to end the insurgency, which draws fighters from a mix of different groups: the Islamist forces who briefly ruled Somalia before they were ousted by the Ethiopians, clan militias and rank-and-file profiteers who have parasitically benefited from Somalia’s chaos for years.

It is not unclear who would replace Gedi, but it is believed, if Gedi left from the office it would help the governments unify or just start a new round of wrangling.