Somalia's parliament passed a motion of no-confidence against the new prime minister and his Cabinet on Saturday, an official said, effectively sacking a government that had been expected to restore order to the country after 13 years of anarchy and war. The deputy speaker of the 275-member transitional parliament Dalhar Omar said 153 members voted against Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Gedi, accusing him of failing to respect power-sharing arrangements reached in complex talks involving warlords and leaders of the country's main clans. Somali President Abdulahi Yusuf Ahmed plans to dispute the no-confidence vote, his spokesman Yusuf Mohamed Ismail said. But the president does not have final authority. Talks were under way between the president, Cabinet and the secretary of the parliament to resolve the crisis, the spokesman said. The president swore in Gedi's Cabinet on Dec. 1. The new government included warlords, clan leaders and technocrats and had been expected to establish the first effective central government since 1991.| Somehow I expected things like this. Swore 'em in less than two weeks ago and already they want to throw them out. |