Carafaat Posted May 21, 2013 Hiiraan Online Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Some Members of the Somali Parliament who were demanding the removal of Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon from office have now decided to back down following a public outcry. 80 MPs accused the Premier of failure to lead the government after six months that he has been in power. They filed a motion before parliament, demanding Shirdon to face vote of confidence. Parliament has scheduled to debate the tabled motion on May 22, which will be tomorrow. Former prime Minister Mohamed Abdi Yusuf, former Speaker of parliament Sheikh Aden Madobe and former Women’s affairs minister Khadijo Mohamed Diriye who are all current MPs and were backers of this motion have said they backed down after they faced public discontent. “Parliament has the right to file a motion against the government, but that does not mean to dismantle the recovery process of the nation, we want to rebuild our country and that is why we backed down” Said former PM Mohamed Abdi Yusuf. Ahmed Abdisamad asamad@hiiraan.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacpher Posted May 21, 2013 After Hassan took away their constitutional rights of freedom of assembly and speech. Nicely done Mr. President. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
malistar2012 Posted May 21, 2013 After Hassan took away their constitutional rights of freedom of assembly and speech. Nicely done Mr. President. Some Members of the Somali Parliament who were demanding the removal of Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon from office have now decided to back down following a public outcry President hassan has done nothing wrong , its the spoilers within the Government that accepted demand of the Somali People. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xiinfaniin Posted May 21, 2013 reportedly there were more than hundred (100) MPs supporting the alleged motion. This post says three (3) dropped out and you present it as a big news Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carafaat Posted May 22, 2013 Most MP's backed down. A minority still wants to bring the motion for a vote. We will see how it goes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
