(SomaliNet) Somalia transitional parliament speaker Sheik Aden Mohamed Nour ‘Madobe’ on Tuesday gave a strong warning to some of the legislators who were known to come in parliamentary sessions armed with with pistols. Sheik Madobe said the parliament was aware of the MPs that hold handguns in the hall of sessions and these acts will not be toleated anymore. The speaker neither mentioned what step should be taken against pistol holders nor the names of those who enter the parliament house with weapons. | After all, they're armed. |
Sometimes the members in the parliament have heated debates on specific issues that might bring them to fight one another as it happened on 17 March, 2004 when some of the MPs fought with fists and chairs. However, the Baidoa based parliament continues for the fifth day to hearing the briefs by the ministries on their activities for the past six months.