Somaliland Govt accuses of Somalia Govt behind Guulwade sentiment

Hargeisa (Somaliland.com) – Somaliland’s government has accused Somalia’s president of sharing the sentiments of General Abdirahman Guulwade who recently justified the genocide against the people of Somaliland in the 1980s.

The government said that was evident in the appointment of General Abdirahman Guulwade, to the committee for Somaliland and Somalia negotiations. General Abdirahman was the commander of the notorious Guulwade forces and the last police commissioner in Siyad Barre’s regime. 

In a speech on Thursday, Suleiman Ali Koore, Somaliland’s Minister of Information accused the president of Somalia Mohamed Abdillahi Farmajo of subscribing to the doctrine of the military regime that led to Somalia’s demise 

The minister condemned that Somalia appointed a person who held such high ranking positions in the regime that committed all those atrocities against the Somali people.

Minister Suleiman Koore said the General Guulwade’s membership in the committee is evidence that president Farmajo was never honest about continuing Somaliland and Somalia talks.

The Guulwade Force which was commanded by General Abdirahman Abdi Hussein was one of the oppression instruments of the military regime. Their specialty was harassing the public in the streets, arbitrary detentions and forcing the public to attend the regime events. General Abdirahman was also the son-in-law of Somalia’s former dictator Mohamed Siyad Barre. 

In an interview on Tuesday, General Guulwade, defended the genocide against the people of then northern region of Somalia. He justified the mass killings of civilians saying SNM fighters used them as human shields.