Somali lawmakers hold the transitional government responsible for impeding the parliament meeting on key issues, amid rising accusations of corruption.
On Wednesday, some 25 Somali lawmakers in Nairobi, Kenya, held a press conference to express their dissatisfaction about the measures the transitional government of Somalia takes to hinder the parliament to hold the important meeting.
"It is evident that the government wants to mum the parliament because it does not want the house to reopen," Somali lawmakers said in a Wednesday statement from the MPs.
"The top leaders of transitional government should either decide to get rid of the parliament and send away the lawmakers or allow the MPs to carry on with their work to hold the government accountable," it added.
Meantime, a gathering of some lawmakers in Somali capital was stormed by African Union forces, a Press TV correspondent reported. Lawmakers take the government responsible for the injustice.
Somali MPs accuse the government of President Ahmed of corruption. They noted that Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke rejected the parliament call on the government to report on the income the country gained from Arab League donors, European Union, and Organization of the Islamic Conference.
Initial reports suggest that Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed would not allow the parliament to hold meeting until the Speaker Sheikh Adan Madobe, who is currently outside the country, returns.
This is while, some lawmakers urge the speaker to step down to allowing election of a new speaker.
"The office term of Sheikh Madobe and his deputies has expired. So we have to elect an interim speaker before we officially elect new persons to the positions," said parliament's secretary general lawmaker Omar Islow.
The power struggle in the Somali parliament came as lawmakers prepare to reopen the house that has been in indefinite recess for several months. \
Source: PressTV
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