Hussen openly confronted Sharmarkee about the engineered leadership change

Evidence

Barre’s visit was followed by a visit from the president-elect, and then a series of complaints from the new men in Mogadishu followed. Sharmarkee saw the caretaker prime minister and asked him what he thought about the change. Hussen recalled, … I told him that he knew what I thought, so I asked what the purpose of his question was. I told him he is going through the motions of meeting his constitutional obligation as he has already chosen the future PM. I joked with him and asked him to appoint me. He first laughed and then became furious. I notified him that he had already selected the PM so he did not need my advice. I also told him that I know what he was pregnant with but that he will see what fruits he gets. He said I was threatening him. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 987