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| Somalia: Lawmakers dump parliament speaker |
| 2007-01-18 |
| (SomaliNet) Members of the transitional parliament based in Baidoa city, southwest of Somalia capital Wednesday voted against the speaker of the parliament Sharif Hassan Sheik while he is away from the country. 183 of the 192 lawmakers voted yes to the motion against the speaker while nine members voted No in hand raising system. No one has abstained. Osman Elmi Boqore, the deputy chairman of the parliament who was chairing the session announced the result of the voting after hours of assembly saying Sharif Hassan has lost the leadership of the parliament in transparent way. Some of the MPs brought anti Sharif motion before the parliament and the lawmakers moved suddenly into steps against the speaker. Before the voting, text of several impeachments were read out at the hall of the parliament introducing the the step taken to remove Sharif Hassan from the post in the parlaiment 31 MPs put forward the motion against the speaker of the parliament as it was adopted with majority vote. The move came as the discharged Somalia speaker, Sharif Hasan is now on a tour to European countries in a bid of gathering support for his policy. |
| Posted by:Fred |