The prime minister rejected the vote, with his office saying the process was not legitimate.
Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire was kicked out of his post in an unexpected vote of no confidence, plunging the embattled East African country into a constitutional crisis ahead of national elections.Parliamentary Speaker, Mohamed Mursal Sheikh Abdirahman, accused the ousted prime minister and his cabinet of failing to finalise a draft constitution, which could pave the way for fairer elections.
The embassy also threatened to “take measures against spoilers, who seek to undermine Somalia’s progress towards stability, peace, inclusive governance and prosperity’’.The row centres around the reintroduction of universal suffrage, or a system of one person, one vote, after over 50 years, as opposed to the clan-based system used until now, in which lawmakers were voted in by about 14,000 clan delegates chosen by elders.
The next round of discussions to resolve the crisis – the third round – is due to take place in the central Somalian town of Dhusa-Mareb in mid-August.
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