Sunday, December 28, 2008

Somalia's President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed resigns

Somalia's President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed has told parliament he is resigning, reports say.
The news comes a few days after the resignation of the man he had recently appointed as prime minister.
Ex-Prime Minister Mohamed Mahamud Guled quit last week saying his appointment was destabilising the government.
Mohamed Mahamud Guled said he had chosen to resign "so that I am not seen as a stumbling block to the peace process which is going well now"the parliament after replacing the prime minister.
"I have handed over my letter of resignation to the speaker of parliament who will be the president in line with the transitional federal charter. I don't want to violate and never violated the charter," he added

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