HOL: Somalia: New President Election Committee To Be Assigned

The acting Interim Somalia President who is also the Speaker of the Interim Parliament Sheik Adam Mohamed Nur (Sheik Madobe) said that the Interim Parliament is going to assign a committee to the election of a new interim President on Thursday January 01, 2009.

Talking to Parliamentarian in the city of Baidoa, the seat of the interim Parliament, the Speaker said that a committee will soon be assigned to the task of managing the election of a new interim President. The Speaker also called all members of the interim Parliament to report to the Parliament so that they can take part in the election of the new interim President. He asked Parliamentarians who cannot report to Parliament in a week to send in their resignations so that their clans can name their replacements.

The Speaker’s speech come 5 days after the former interim President M r. Abdullahi Yusuf resigned from office after a heavy pressure from the international community forced him to do so.
According to Somalia’s interim Constitution, the Parliament has to elect a new President within 30 days of a President leaving the office.

So far only one candidate, Mohamed Qanyare Afrah, has announced his intention to run for the office. Mr. Afrah was also a candidate the last time the Parliament elected the former interim President but failed secure enough votes to win the post.

Source:Hiiraan Online