Somalia parliament removes the prime minister and his government

12/13/2004

In a session held yesterday, the Somali parliament removed the prime minister Ali Muhammad Jeidi and his government after it voted with a majority of his members on a non-confidence memorandum just two weeks after the government's assuming its mission.

Deputy speaker of the interim parliament Dalhar Omar said that some 153 members voted against the prime minister and accused him of failure in honoring the authority share agreement realized during the talks with leaders and chiefs of tribes in the country. The parliament is composed of 275 members.

Omar added talking from the Kenyan capital, the headquarters of the Somali parliament that the council accused Jeidi of violating the constitution after its inability to win the confidence within 30 days of assuming his post.

He continued that Jeidi did not succeed in winning the confidence of the government after more than 40 days and therefore the parliament will ask President Abdullah Ahmad Youssef to assign a new prime minister to form a new government.

A minister of state and four deputy ministers gave their resignation from the government last week considering that the current number of ministers is more then enough and that they do not represent the tribes fairly.