Somalia President keen to appear in parliament amid political uncertainty

MOGADISHU, Somalia, August 18, 2015 (Garowe Online)-Federal Government of Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has requested to appear before the 275-seat-chamber in the wake of impeachment motion, Garowe Online reports.

As the country is plunging deeper into political uncertainty, Mohamud wants to react to the constitutional violation and corruption claims highlighted in a motion seeking to send him packing.

On August 12, parliament speaker Mohamed Sheikh Osman (Jawari) and his deputies received the no confidence motion in the president, the second in two years after the first motion blaming him for poor leadership unraveled last year.

Some MPs rebuffed president’s address to the parliament, demanding him to instead engage in question-and-answer session in the parliament.

Mohamud’s ties to the donors have been shaky after the allegations of pervasive corruption surfaced in late 2013.

The fresh impeachment motion spurred political struggle as the president is trying to woo backers of the bold challenge.

Lawmakers in Somalia’s often fickle parliament voted two Prime Ministers-Abdi Farah Shirdon and Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed- out of office on the grounds of constitutional row with Somalia’s-now-embattled president. 

GAROWE ONLINE