Somali MPs announce January 2nd as date for controversial Speaker’s election
Published on December 27, 2011 by cabdulaahi · No Comments
27 December.2011The committee of MPs organizing election of the new Speaker of Parliament have today held a meeting in Mogadishu in which they announced the date for the elections.
Committee members have held a meeting after which they issued a statement detailing the registration process for candidates and elections date for a new Speaker of Parliament.
The committee’s coordinator, Muhammad Mahmud Guled alias Gacmo Dheere, a Federal Somali MP read the statement to the media and said he was optimistic about the smooth running of the campaign for these elections.
“Parliament Committee on elections has reached the following decisions while performing their duty in accordance with the constitution and Federal Somali Parliament rules, that;
Registration of candidates which started at 0900 on 25th of December will end 12 noon on 31rst of December 2011.
Candidates will be allowed to address the parliament on the 1rst of January 2012 between 1000 to 1500.
Election of the new Speaker of Parliament will be held 2nd of January 2012 at 0900.”
Asked how the MPs will able to meet at the Praliament Building given that the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia’s [TFG] ministry of internal affairs has already barred the MPs from meeting at this venue for a period of four weeks, Gacmodheere said MPs and the government are currently in talks to discuss the events that recently transpired there [involving fighting between the MPs] and that these talks are now progressing well.
“Two things. One is that talks between the administration and the parliament are progressing well and there is mutual understanding. Besides, parliament has the right to cast its votes wherever it wishes and there will be no problem and I hope that parliament will be able to perform its duty,” said the MP.