Muqdisho(INO)-Somalia’s national assembly speaker Prof. Jawari on Tuesday chaired parliament’s fifth session in Mogadishu. The Somali MPs debated approval of independent national electoral commission to hold fair elections in 2016.
The lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved the bill. The parliament speaker Prof Jawari said that 144 MPs have voted in favor of the bill, 21 MPs rejected amid 10 members abstained from voting.
Somalia’s government is expected to put its utmost efforts in holding free and fair elections under international partner’s watch in 2016.
On Monday Somali parliament endorsed new Somali cabinet following weeks of delays and political unrest in the Somali capital Mogadishu.
