Thursday, March 01, 2012
Abdiweli Mohamed Ali said that the transitional period, which was set to end last year before an extension, would end on August 20.
“There will be no further extension on the term of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG),” he said on Tuesday during a trip to Norway.
Ali said that both the Somali people and the international community are determined to see a permanent government take over from the transitional institutions.
Somalia has been without a functioning central government since 1991.
The prime minister said that the Somali roadmap and later agreements reached in Garowe, the capital of semi-autonomous Somaliland, are sufficient to lead the TFG out of the transition period.
The roadmap was agreed with various Somali groups
in September 2011. They agreed to improve security, attain
reconciliation, instill good governance and draft a national
constitution.
In Garowe, the parties agreed in December 2011 and February on how to
endorse the draft constitution through a constituent assembly, selection
of future lawmakers and the election of a president for a more
permanent government for a stipulated period.