Puntland Parliament Elects New Speaker
File: Puntland Elected speaker, Abdihakin aka Dhoobo Daarood |
Garowe-Puntland state lawmakers elected Abdihakin Ahmed Mohamed,aka Dhoobo Daareed as the next 5 years speaker of parliament on Friday, after two rounds of voting in Garowe, the state’s capital, the house’s Interim speaker, Hussien Yasin Hajji announced.
The elected speaker secured 43
votes against his rival Abdi-jamal Osman Mohamed in the second round with 23 votes
out of the 66 votes casted, according to Yasin Hajji.
He firstly commented as parliament speaker,
Abdihakin thanked the legislators who voted for him and who don’t.
The
newly elected 66 MPs will elect the president on Jan. 8 poll. Over 20
presidential aspirants showed up, including the incumbent Abdiweli Mohamed Ali
Gaas
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