Warlords ignored clan loyalty to their own president and rejected Arta

Evidence

Undoubtedly in many quarters there was enthusiasm for a government – ‘any government’ as many Somalis, tired of fighting and chaos and the destruction of public services, put it. But this did not translate into an upsurge of support capable of undermining the destructive power of the warlords, most of whom had declined to participate in Arta. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 685 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

With such faulty implementation, it would have been surprising if the Arta experiment had proved as successful as its organizers hoped. Despite the absence of Somaliland and the ambivalence of Puntland (General Abshir supported and participated, Abdillahi Yusuf did not), the conference produced an interim constitution which largely replicated Siyad’s highly centralized government and made no allowance for the existing spontaneous state developments in Somaliland or, even less defensibly, Puntland. This exclusive rather than inclusive design was reminiscent of Siyad’s regime, and this was further confirmed by the choice of those who were to lead the transitional national government. Although strongly contested by ‘Ali Mahdi and other Hawiye heavyweights, the choice eventually fell on ‘Abdulqassim Salad Hassan, a former enthusiastic exponent of Siyad’s Scientific Socialism who eventually served as his minister of the interior. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 678 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Popular desire for any government could not overcome warlord domination. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 685; Southern Somali warlords reject peace because they profit from maintaining conflict; Clan divisions persisted despite cultural unity and imperiled the new Republic (+2 more)

Related

• The Arta conference replicated Siyad’s centralized government and excluded existing regional states (similarity 0.86)
• Popular desire for any government could not overcome warlord domination. (similarity 0.84)
• The Arta interim constitution replicated Siyad’s centralized design, ignoring Somaliland and Puntland (similarity 0.82)
• Clan divisions persisted despite cultural unity and imperiled the new Republic (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Popular desire for any government could not overcome warlord domination. #corroborates (0.80) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 685
• Southern Somali warlords reject peace because they profit from maintaining conflict #corroborates (0.75)
• The Arta conference replicated Siyad’s centralized government and excluded existing regional states #expands (0.70) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 678
• Clan divisions persisted despite cultural unity and imperiled the new Republic #corroborates (0.65)
• Self-appointed delegates undermined the claimed grassroots basis of the Arta conference #corroborates (0.60) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 676