Somalia: PM says new parliament will be formed soon

 

Abdalle Ahmed

Mogadishu (RBC) Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali has declared on Tuesday that new parliament comprising 225 MPs will be selected in the June 2012 following the recent agreement reached in Garowe last month.

After closed door meeting with joint committee which its duty is to finalize the preparation of the new federal constitution, the prime minister said that his government will work tirelessly to adopt the constitution which its draft is to complete in the next few months.

“We have very shirt period with large amount of duties to adopt the new constitution and form new and small parliament” the prime minister told reporters in his office in Mogadishu.

He said that adoption of the new federal constitution is the mandate of a constituent assembly which its number is 1,000 members and will be selected by the “stake holders”.

“We expect the new legislative body will be ready on coming June”. He added.

Mr. Ali’s comment came following as political power sharing agreement sponsored United Nations “The Garowe Principles” was signed in Garowe, the capital of Puntland 24^th Dec 2011.  The signatories included the transitional federal government of Somalia, Puntland, Galmudug and Ahlusuna group.

But the points of this agreement is widely seen as “powering a specific politicians” rather than solution for Somalia’s crisis.

Meanwhile the current interim parliament of Somalia which is facing great rift has not voted for the agreement.

RBC Radio