MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's parliamentary speaker postponed on Wednesday a vote to endorse the newly appointed prime minister after the Horn of Africa nation's assembly descended into chaos.
Lawmakers got into shouting matches over whether the vote should be conducted in secret or openly.
President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed last week picked U.S.-educated former diplomat Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed to lead his government after the previous premier quit, paying the price for failing to rein in a three-year Islamist insurgency.
Postponing the vote until Saturday, Speaker Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden proposed that it be held in secret.
Once nominated by the president, the prime minister's appointment must be approved by parliament.
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