MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s parliament on Saturday unanimously authorized a sequence of constitutional amendments as opposition warns towards transition to a one-man rule as the brand new chapters increase the powers of the President whereas limiting the function of parliament.
The speaker of parliament Adan Mohamed Nur stated all 254 MPs and senators on the session voted in favor of the brand new modifications in what authorities say is a decisive and historic transfer.
Opposition leaders and the President of the semi-autonomous area of Puntland earlier stated that they might not settle for the unilateral amendments and wouldn’t acknowledge the result of the parliament vote.
Former Somali spy chief Fahad Yasin stated on Friday that the United Arab Emirates was spearheading the work to overtake the structure to throw the nation deeper into chaos and usher within the secession of a minimum of two extra areas. learn extra
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud vowed that he would forge forward with plans to overtake the structure regardless of criticism from the opposition, ignoring the nation’s decades-long political custom of looking for a broad-based consensus on controversial points, together with constitutional opinions and elections.
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