Mogadishu (RBC) Members of Somalia Federal Parliament on Thursday tabled a new motion against the country’s cabinet of ministers amid a growing rift between President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon, RBC Radio reports.
It is the second motion tabled against Shirdon’s government by the parliament within six months.
“We have finished the motion and submitted it to the chair of the parliament.” said one MP who is familiar with the motion.
The motion alleges the the cabinet for lacking the capability to perform its tasks and failed to resolve several issues within the cabinet’s mandate.
According to MPs who have said that they were part of the process, the parliament is due to sit early on next week to look the legacy of such motion and for that will proceed to call for the cabinet and the Prime Minister to seek for the vote of confidence.
“As stated on the constitution the current cabinet and the Prime Minister will need more than 139 votes in favor for them to remain in office.” the MP added.
“168 lawmakers have today signed the fresh motion against the cabinet.” the MP added.
Meanwhile another MP said that it was totally illegal to announce tabling any motion to the media.
The motion came as a serious rift between President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon grows into parliament debate. According to media reports President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud had asked Prime Minister Shirdon to resign after he had excluded some of the president’s ministerial picks for a new cabinet but the Prime Minister refused, saying he had the constitutional right to select cabinet ministers.
Analysts say that it is merely the parliament vote who will decide between the top government officials when such rift arises.
RBC Radio
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