Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Parliament speaker lambasted over Somali govt’s protracted bickering

With the continuation of the wrangle in Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs), the government has decided to postpone the country’s June consultative conference at the end of this month, All Headline News quoted the prime minister of war-torn Somalia saying.


The prime minister of Somalia's interim federal government on Tuesday accused parliament speaker Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adam of being behind protracted political bickering in the government.

Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed, the premier of Somalia, made the comments at a news conference held in the presidential palace, Villa Somalia.

“He (the speaker) is not sincere on the general interest of the country because he running after his personal ends. We are at state of war against naughty militants, who are committed destroying our beloved nation, and that made impossible elections to be hold at this time,” Mohammed told journalists.

“My government has several occasions attempted to have direct discussions with the speaker to end the internal rift, but all ended in vain,” he added.

With the continuation of the wrangle in Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs), the government has decided to postpone the country’s consultative conference at the end of this month.

The statement of the premier comes as the United Nations special representative to Somalia, Augustine P. Mahiga, and the Ugandan leader Yuweri Museveni are trying to mediate the conflict between the president and the speaker in Kampala after the conclusion of the meeting of the International Contact Group on Somalia late last week.

Source: www.allheadlinenews.com

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