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: MPs settle
disputes with their hands
14 Dec 14, 2011
MOGADISHU, Somalia
- A fight
broke out in Parliament today
when a group Members of the
Transitional Federal Parliament
(TFP) who oppose Speaker of Parliament Sharif Hassan Sheik
Adan and his supporters
clashed, Radio Garowe reports.
when
Abdiweli Ibrahim Muudey the
Deputy Speaker of Parliament
was denied to take his seat in
Parliamentary meetings that
were being held in Mogadishu. "The Deputy Speaker of
Parliament came into the hall
and tried to take his seat
forcefully the other MPs who
voted to oust Sharif Hassan
denied Mr. Muudey his seat and the fight broke out," said
MP Saleban Ibrahim who also
took part in Tuesdays vote to
oust Sharif Hassan as Speaker
of Parliament.
Tuesdays vote was a motion
to remove Speaker Sharif
Hassan from his role due to
allegations from MPs stating
that Speaker of parliament
overstepped his authority.
The brawl left no one seriously
injured. The Transitional Federal
Government TFG of Somalia
has been ridden with political
infighting that has hindered
their role as a stable
government.
disputes with their hands
14 Dec 14, 2011
MOGADISHU, Somalia
- A fight
broke out in Parliament today
when a group Members of the
Transitional Federal Parliament
(TFP) who oppose Speaker of Parliament Sharif Hassan Sheik
Adan and his supporters
clashed, Radio Garowe reports.
when
Abdiweli Ibrahim Muudey the
Deputy Speaker of Parliament
was denied to take his seat in
Parliamentary meetings that
were being held in Mogadishu. "The Deputy Speaker of
Parliament came into the hall
and tried to take his seat
forcefully the other MPs who
voted to oust Sharif Hassan
denied Mr. Muudey his seat and the fight broke out," said
MP Saleban Ibrahim who also
took part in Tuesdays vote to
oust Sharif Hassan as Speaker
of Parliament.
Tuesdays vote was a motion
to remove Speaker Sharif
Hassan from his role due to
allegations from MPs stating
that Speaker of parliament
overstepped his authority.
The brawl left no one seriously
injured. The Transitional Federal
Government TFG of Somalia
has been ridden with political
infighting that has hindered
their role as a stable
government.
