Mogadishu (RBC) The Speaker of Somalia Federal Parliament Mohamed Osman Jawari has said there was nothing amended from the country’s provisional federal constitution.
A statement issued by the Speaker on Tuesday said that the provisional constitution was in review process and the federal parliament will continue to consider all consultations needed to review it.
“On June 16th of this year, this constitutional review process was launched officially by the Constitutional Review and Implementation Oversight Committee within the Federal Parliament and all Somalis where ever they may be, are invited to participate in the process of review.” the statement said.
The Speaker’s statement also highlighted despite its weakness, the provisional constitution was the only document providing for a legitimate legal basis of governance for all Somalia. “Its legitimacy therefore must not be questioned”.
“It has been argued that the version of the provisional constitution that was signed by all the signatories to the Somali end of Transition Road map in Addis Ababa in May 2012 is the only legitimate version of the Provisional Constitution. This is unfortunate and not correct. The agreement in Addis Ababa agreement was superseded by a further agreement in Nairobi on June 2012.” the statement added.
The speaker, in this statement, called the Somali stakeholders contribute to the constitutional review process for the Somali state building process to have a chance to be concluded successfully and a strong and united Somali republic be established.
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