The consensual politics of the Abdirazak government eliminated political violence and intimidation

Evidence

One of the results of such consensual approach was the removal of the need to resort to political violence. Hence, neither the government nor its opponents considered intimi- dation as an instrument to use in the political arena… . The advantage of this system of mutual tolerance … included … freedom from physical intimidation and from the resulting worry about their personal safety. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 694

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

Related

• Consensus politics freed Somali leaders from fear of political violence (similarity 0.85)
• Somalia’s peaceful democracy depended on parties abstaining from violence (similarity 0.83)
• Somali leaders moved freely and unguarded because consensual politics removed threats (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Somali leaders moved freely and unguarded because consensual politics removed threats #expands (0.85) — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 694
• Authoritarian rule silenced genuine public dialogue in Siyad’s Somalia #complicates (0.60)
• Osman and Abdirazak never considered applying tribal norms to state institutions #expands (0.60) — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 694