Friday, April 23, 2010
Somalia: A Female MP for the first time races for the speaker of the Somali House
Amina Mohammed Mursal who is among the Somali female Members of Parliament has officially announced that she will be contesting as the speaker of the Somali national assembly if the legal term of the current speaker if the parliament expires.The MP who has just very recently returned from Tripoli the Libyan capital hassaid that female should also be given their chances to be the speakers of parliaments the head of the countries just as men do.“I am a candidate who is contesting to be the speaker of the Somali parliament, and my objective behind the contest of been the speaker of the parliament is to improve, and strengthen the might of the female, I hope the international community will give a standing ovation to my contest, so thus I seek the international community to support my ambition of been the speaker of the Somali national assembly” said Amain Mursal an MP in the Somali parliament.The MP has as well added that the Somali women and as well the other women in the world wide are always the victims of every problem in life and yet they are underestimated when it comes to post holding in government institutions.In her declaration for the race of the speaker of the Somali national assembly the MP has added that she has total satisfaction that she will win the votes of her other fellow MPs when it comes to voting for the speaker of the House.Amina has extolled the Libyan President Colonel Muammar Al-Gadaffi for the role he has offered to the Libyan female in his government.She has appealed from the Libyan president to back her dreams of becoming the speaker of the Somali parliament.MP Amina is a shining star among all the other female parliamentarians, and has once been the Minister for Women and Family Affairs in government of the retire President Abdullahi Yussuf Ahmed.
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