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Sadak Joon (Saadaq Cumar Xasan)
Sadak Omar Hassan, known as Sadak Joon, is a Somali MP and former police commander. He headed the Banadir regional police until April 2021, when President Farmaajo removed him and stripped his rank after he said he had blocked a parliament session on extending the government's term. In January 2022 he won House of the People seat 248 for Galmudug in Dhusamareb with 81 votes.
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Who is he?
Sadak Omar Hassan (Saadaq Cumar Xasan), known as Sadak Joon or Saadaq John, is a member of the House of the People of Somalia's 11th Federal Parliament and a former commander of the Banadir regional police in Mogadishu (Wikipedia, Sadak Omar Hassan). The election team's list of 2022 names him as "Saadaq Cumar Xasan (Saadaq Joon)", Galmudug seat GSH#248 (FEIT results list, via Hiiraan Online); see Members of the House of the People, 2022.
Early life
BBC Somali reports that he was born in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, moved to Mogadishu in early 1993, crossed to Kenya in 2002 and then went to South Africa and on to London. He returned to Somalia in 2014 (BBC Somali, "Waa kuma Saadaq Joon?").
Security posts
After returning he held several posts, including commander of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) in Galmudug. In 2017 he was named NISA commander for the Banadir region, and later commander of the Banadir regional police (BBC Somali). The former NISA director Abdullahi Mohamed Ali Sanbalooshe told the BBC he had chosen him for his courage and hard work (same source). Wikipedia dates his police command to 2019 to 2021 (Wikipedia).
The April 2021 stand-off
In April 2021, as parliament met to vote on a disputed two-year extension of the government's term, he issued an order saying he had stopped the session, and told MPs to hold elections in their home areas (BBC Somali). The same day he was removed as Banadir police commander, and President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo stripped him of his military ranks and rights; Farhan Qaroole replaced him (same source). Garowe Online reported criticism of the stripping of his rank as unlawful (Garowe Online). In August 2022 the next president restored his rank (Hiiraan Online, August 2022).
Election to parliament
In January 2022 he was elected to the House of the People in Dhusamareb, Galmudug, with 81 votes against 17 for Abdullahi Hirsi Dirshe; two votes were spoiled. The seat had been held for the previous five years by Upper House deputy speaker Abshir Bukhari (VOA Somali, 27 January 2022; Radio Dalsan).
In short
A Mogadishu police chief removed in 2021 for opposing a term extension, who then won a Galmudug seat in parliament in 2022.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Sadak Omar Hassan · en.wikipedia.org
- FEIT results list, via Hiiraan Online · hiiraan.com
- BBC Somali, "Waa kuma Saadaq Joon?" · bbc.com
- Garowe Online · garoweonline.com
- Hiiraan Online, August 2022 · hiiraan.com
- VOA Somali, 27 January 2022 · voasomali.com
- Radio Dalsan · radiodalsan.com
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