Mogadishu-KNN-Supreme Court chief of Somalia Ibrahim Idle Suleiman declined a presidential degree from Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, which is stated that he is sacked by the President and Bashe Yusuf will be his successor.
Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo sacked the chief of Justice Ibrahim Iidle Saleban and appointed Bashe Yusuf Ahmed as chairman of the Supreme Court, as president rebuilds the judiciary system the country.
Ibrahim Iidle told BBC on Monday that he is not accepting his dismissal, citing that the presidential degree is illegitimate.
He said president must flow the legitimate way and he refused to leave the office.
Farmajo fired Ibrahim Idle Suleiman, saying he took the step after a public outcry over several judicial decisions and allegations of corruption in the judiciary, according to a presidential decree published on Facebook account of Villa Somalia
Farmajo asked lawmakers to expedite the nomination of a new judicial services commission, to replace one that was dissolved by former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamed before presidential elections in 2017, it said.
Somalia’s judiciary system has been on ground since 1991, but President Farmajo wants to restructure the justice.
