Int’l community agrees to Somalia President blueprint

MOGADISHU- International community representatives have expressed their support for a blueprint by Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Garowe Online reports.

Foreign diplomats in Mogadishu told National Consultative Forum (NCF) that stakeholders need to agree to 4.5 representation in Lower House and even distribution of Upper House members, as earlier hinted by Mohamud.

Sources tell GO that Puntland refused to heed international community backing, saying it has still a disdain for any return to the controversial quota.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke has summoned his cabinet to extraordinary session that might green light President Mohamud’s long dragging stance on electoral option for 2016 transition.

Mohamud has left for Kenyan capital, Nairobi to attend a national mourning for Kenyan soldiers killed in Al Shabaab attack in northwestern Somalia.

GAROWEONLINE