Mogadishu, Somalia (TF.SF) - The Transitional Federal Parliament of Somalia met Wednesday in Mogadishu’s Parliament building to approve Mohamed Abdullhi Mohammed “Farmajo” as the newly appointed prime minister of Somalia. The session ended fruitlessly after the legislative body's speaker announced the vote had been postponed.The parliament assembly, which opened with the presence of more than 380 Somali legislators out of 550, was attended by Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, the country’s president, and Mohammed Farmajo, the designated premier.However, the parliament became rowdy and noisy after some of the parliamentarians suggested the vote of confidence be conducted in secret rather than with a public display of hands.The speaker of the parliament rescheduled the vote for Saturday.Ahmed, the president of war-torn Somalia, last week named Farmajo the new prime minister to replace Omar Abdi Rashed Ali Sharmarke, who resigned in September. Under the charter of the transitional federal government, which was borne out of the 2004 National Reconciliation Conference in Nairobi, once the prime minister is appointed by the president parliament must approve him.Once the prime minister is approved, he is expected to tackle corrupt dysfunctional government institutions.we are very confident that he will be approved after all the votes are counted.
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