Osman backed the parliamentary mechanism over direct appeal to the Italian administrator

Evidence

The group asked Osman to deliver the petition to the administrator and get an appointment for them. Osman rejected the request and advised them to use the party and parliamentary mechanisms to deal with the controversy. The rebels refused to heed this counsel as they felt that they did not have enough support in parliament to undo the prime minister’s choices. Osman reported the matter to the SYL leader, Sheikh Issa, and also asked the administrator not to approve the list of ministers until he met with the petitioners. Osman shared the dissidents’ criticism of Abdullahi Issa, but he felt that their strategy was reckless. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 400