Political infighting at heart of Somalia's instability, says analyst in wake of PM vote скачать в хорошем качестве

Political infighting at heart of Somalia's instability, says analyst in wake of PM vote

(7 Dec 2014) Somalia's parliament will continue to face instability, unless the prime minister and president work together on issues facing the country - according to one political analyst. It comes after members voted to oust the current PM - in the wake of a long-running feud. Sealing the fate of Somalian Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed. These lawmakers have just voted to oust him from office. It comes in the wake of a series of disagreements between President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud and the now-ex prime minister. Parliament Speaker Mohamed Sheikh Osman Jawari announces the results. "The vote was backed by 153 lawmakers, with 80 voting against the motion, so I certify that the outcome is valid and the prime minister has lost the confidence of the parliament, so that he will no longer be prime minister." Ahmed accepts the parliament's vote, which comes after several recent rowdy sessions of parliament. Political analyst, Osman Hassan Barise, says there are deep-rooted problems with the constitution. "The problem really lies with the constitution itself where article number nine and the article 100 are not clarifying the positions and the powers of the president and that of the prime minister because the president is always given the assignment or the powers to nominate his prime minister but then he cannot sack him, but then he cannot let me say, he is not accountable to him in other ways, and the Prime Minister likewise when he is appointed as the prime minister of the cabinet, he believes that he is the one running the show, so that is where the problem started," he says. Barise says little will change - unless two allies are voted in who can work together, instead of in opposition. But he also criticises the Somali parliament, who he says need to do their job more effectively. "Unless we get two friends who are close to each other who would not be like a president or a prime minister or who would not be like a boss and his you know subordinate, would work together. So what we are experiencing is just a confusion that really needs to be tackled within the constitution and that would have been the parliament's job to do it because they are the legislatures there, not that they should always come out when the president and the prime minister fall apart over their normal daily duties." The United States and the UN, among others, have warned that the political infighting in Somalia is putting the recent security gains made in the country at risk. The federal government remains weak and ineffective and wields little power outside the capital Mogadishu. "The Somalis are always the victims of this, the people of Somalia, because we know whenever the friction starts the international community who support the Somali government would stop or at least would suspend their assistance, their assistance when I say I mean, the financial assistance they always give to the president or the Prime Minister or to the government as a whole. But when the government itself is fighting within itself you can see that nobody can trust them," says Barise. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...