 In 1952, Gashash became the regional president of the Northern People's Congress, after an emergency convention had been called due to a large proportion of executive party leaders not being legislators or members of the Northern Regional Assembly, a dangerous mistake in a parliamentary system of government.The party was original made up of notable and prominent men from the north.In 1952, a working committee later joined by Musa Gashash, was set up to create the organizational structures of the nascent political organization.