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Sunday 10 August, 2008
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Mogadishu, Somalia (HOL) – Large number of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia’s Members of Parliament (MPs) are flocking to the city of Baidoa which at the present serves as the temporary headquarters of TFG.It is reported that the MPs are arriving in Baidoa from Mogadishu and Nairobi, among other places, because of a call from the Speaker of the Parliament to report to Parliament. First Deputy of the Speaker of Parliament Prof. Mohamed Omar Dalha said that the MPs will work on some important issues of which are of sensitive in nature.
Information we received from some MPs tell us that the current rift between the President and the Prime Minister has divided MPs into two factions and that some MPs who support the President are preparing a motion against the Prime Minister while others who support the Prime Minister are preparing a motion against the President.
Although the Speaker of the Parliament has not spoken of the rift between the President and the Prime Minister, observers will closely watch how the Parliament approaches the issue and any developments related to it. The rift resulted from the dismissal of the former Governor Benadir region who was also the Mayor of Mogadishu Mr. Mohamed Dhere by the Prime Minister and the cabinet but the president opposed the decision.
The current Parliament’s time in office ends on August 22, 2009. Unfortunately, during its existence it spent a lot of precious time proposing motions against existing governments. It is believed that most of these no confidence motions are proposed by Parliamentarians who are sour because they were not included in the cabinet.
English adaptation by Mohamed Amin Ahmed, Hiiraan Online
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