Hiiraan Online
By Shafi’i Mohyaddin
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Members of the new Somali cabinet have taken the oath of office today during a colourful occasion held at the Somali Parliamemt in the presence of Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud, the speaker Mohamed Osman Jawari and the Prime minister Abdiweli Sheik Ahmed.
The cabinet members were sworn in by the chairman of the country’s Supreme Court Aideed Abdullahi Ilkahanaf.
Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed who was first to address the swearing in ceremony, thanked the Somali parliament for first accepting him and then endorsing his new cabinet.
“As a government we will develop major co-operations with the federal parliament”
For his part, the speaker of the parliament Mohamed Sheik Osman Jawari said that Somali parliament accomplished many tasks during the 3rd session whose 59th meeting ended today, adding that the conclusion ceremony of the session will be held tonight at the recently-rebuilt Villa Hargeisa.
“During the 3rd session of the parliament, we lost 8 beloved parliamentarians, whilst 9 others resigned from office, and we had replaced them in accordance with the federal constitution of Somalia” the speaker told the swearing in ceremony on Wednesday.
Finally, the Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud praised the parliament for accomplishing the huge national tasks carried out in the country so far of which the latest was the approval of the new cabinet on Tuesday.
“The Somali parliament has really come of age and without such hard work, we couldn’t have achieved such tangible results” said the president adding that the Somali parliament was the cornerstone of the existence of the Federal Republic of Somalia.
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