JUSTICE FOR LATE MP. HON. MOHAMED WARSAME MOHAMED (FAISAL)

To: His Excellency UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

CC: IPU's Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians

Petition:  Justice For Late Hon. Mohamed Warsame Mohamed (Faisal)

On December 6, 2013, Mohamed Warsame Mohamed (Faisal), who was a member of the Somali Federal Parliament was brutally assassinated in front of the presidential palace (Villa Somalia) in Mogadishu.

Hon. Faisal was killed instantly when a remote controlled car bomb blew up his vehicle few yards outside Villa Somalia. Experts believe that an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was planted in his car while at Villa Somalia parking lot,  which exploded right after leaving Villa Somalia.

Hon. Faisal was a staunch believer of supremacy of law and has vocally opposed a motion against the executive branch of the government  initiated by the president and supported by the speaker of the parliament few days before he was assassinated.

Reliable sources say that President Hassan Sheikh Mohamed called Hon. Faisal and requested him to come to the presidency for discussion; the MP accepted the President’s suggestion and drove to the palace hours before his death.

Hon. Faisal paid his young life in defending Somali Constitution, the independency of the Somali Federal Parliament  and democracy against the president's office that was fully engaged in arm twisting and bribery on member of parliament to approve unconstitutional motion against then Somali PM H.E. Shirdon. 

Mr. Faisal explicitly warned his colleagues at the parliament that that president Hassan will use his security forces called (Alfa group) to intimidate or harm the MPs who oppose his plan to impeach the Prime Minister. That foretelling is very important for the investigation of Faisal’s assassination. Credible sources say that the MP was verbally threatened by members of the president's office.