The prime minister retaliated harshly against the rebel MPs

Evidence

The sense of balance and maturity that Osman sought eluded the government, the critics, and the CC. The prime minister ordered that the governmentprovided car be withdrawn from Hussen and that he be removed as the head of two national organs (Somali Credit Institute and Higher Education Institute). When Osman heard about it, he went directly to the prime minister for confirmation of the information about Hussen’s car. A few days later, Mohamoud Mohamed Kutubahor, another of the critics, was discharged as president of the SYL’s parliamentary group. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 407