HARGEISA, Somalia Apr 15 (Garowe Online) - Authorities in Somalia's separatist republic of Somaliland have declared that they have banned public demonstrations until election time, Radio Garowe reports.
Mr. Abdullahi Ismail "Irro," the Somaliland minister for internal affairs, told local press that opposition parties Kulmiye and UCID have violated the constitution and other applicable laws.
He specifically accused Kulmiye, the leading opposition party, of holding public demonstrations that are a "threat to security." He warned the opposition to wait until election time to hold public demonstrations.
Somaliland's interior minister said the government "will no longer accept" Kulmiye to hold demonstrations outside party headquarters.
Kulmiye party officials have accused the Somaliland government of "sending agents" to raise trouble at the opposition's public rallies to reject Somaliland President Dahir Riyale's six-month term extension.
At the most recent rally, held on Monday in Hargeisa, an unknown man fired a bullet but no one was hurt. Kulmiye party officials claim he sent by the Riyale administration to incite insecurity.
Meanwhile, a clan elder arrested by Somaliland police yesterday is still in jail.
Somaliland is a self-declared republic located in northwestern Somalia but has not been recognized internationally.
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Source: Garowe Online
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