Although the elders of the 11 main sub clans who inhabit the area have meaningfully contributed to the formation of the state, the ASWJ, based in the capital Dhuusamarreeb, resisted joining. [...] It effectively made the armed Sufi group the main power broker in the state, both politically and militarily and sidelined the elected vice president, Mohamed Hashi, and the speaker of the state legislature, Ali Ga’al Asir. [...] The declared objective of the conference is to unify the largest single clan in the state—the Habar Gidir—on a common platform ahead of the reformation of Galmudug state. [...] The non-Habargidir clans include the Marrehan and Murusade communities whose kinsmen now hold the powerful posts of the presidency and premiership of the FGS. [...] If the communities decide to move the conference to Dhuusamarreeb, the FGS should also support it; (b) Supporting the electoral process by working with all stakeholders, including the current administration and the ASWJ.
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- Mogadishu, Somalia
