Hussen timed the purge for when parliament was in recess

Evidence

The timing of the announcement was not accidental as parliament was not in session, and this gave the government until late April before legislators could challenge it. Meanwhile, the government prepared a cluster of bills, including the nationalization of retail trade and the dismissal bill, to be submitted to parlia- ment when it reconvened in April. President Osman fundamentally supported the bill. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 797

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

• XREF: Shows executive-legislative maneuvering comparable to how Barre later consolidated power.

Related

• Hussen timed his purge for parliament’s recess to delay legislative challenge (similarity 0.88)
• The government timed mass dismissals to avoid immediate parliamentary challenge (similarity 0.83)
• Hussen’s purge bills cleared parliament by widening margins (similarity 0.81)
• Hussen sequenced popular bills first to exhaust parliament before the contentious purge votes (similarity 0.80)