Qatar rejects support for Farmajo campaign and candidates allied to him?
Diplomatic sources within the Somali delegation told Mustaqbal Media that the Qatari government has rejected a joint proposal and request to support Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo’s campaign; which a group from Farmajo presented to the Qatari authorities, as Mustaqbla confirmed these responsible diplomatic sources.
The reasons for refusing to support Farmajo’s campaign were stated as 3 major issues that have negatively affected and undermined Farmajo’s candidacy prospects, given the political breakdown of all members of the faction that contested for seats in both houses of the Federal Parliament of Somalia.
Qataris have already informed Farmajo and his group that they have lost the total trust of government councils and the public and therefore have no chance of being supported to run in Somalia’s 10th presidential election.
Another reason Qataris refused to support Farmajo’s campaign was the political turmoil in the Gulf and throughout the Middle East that Farmajo and his group had no influence over.
According to diplomatic sources, Qatar is deeply saddened by the agreement signed by Farmajo and the Somali Minister of Petroleum with Coastline, which the office of the Prime Minister of Somalia has declared null and void, as well as the Somali National Audit Office.
Farmajo’s faction in Qatar seeking support for Farmajo’s campaign tried to persuade Qatar to back another candidate in the race for which Farmajo is politically aligned with the Somali presidential race, but Qataris asked Farmajo’s faction the difference between Farmajo and the candidate asked to support!
Farmajo’s advisers and political allies, who have worked with him for five years, have lost some of their seats in the lower house of parliament and some have lost their seats in the upper house of parliament due to a lack of votes that Farmajo backstabbed them and caused them to lose the seats the occupied for a long time.