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SOMALIA: GOVERNMENT PRESS RELEASE May 12, 2005
PRESS RELEASE May 12, 2005
The President of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia called an extra ordinary Parliamentary Session that was held on May 11 2005, at Kenyatta International Conference Center, Nairobi Kenya. The First Deputy Speaker, Prof. Mohamed Omar Dalha, chaired the session attended by 152 members of Parliament.
After the opening speech at 3.30pm, Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi tabled before the Parliament the cabinet approval of previous bills namely:
1. Cabinet resolution of May 9, 2005 approving the deployment of African Union and Leagues of Arab States peace support mission.
2. Cabinet resolution of March 21, 2005 regarding the Government relocation.
The Parliament started debating Bill No.1 and thereafter, the Deputy Speaker requested that the raise of hands take a vote. The vote count registered 145 majorities in support for deployment of troops.
1. The phase one deployment of troops will consist of Ugandan and Sudanese.
2. The other remaining forces of IGAD states will provide logistics, equipments, emergency assistance and training of the Somali Police and Military.
3. The second phase will consist of IGAD counters including those nations that not participated in phase one.
4 The Sudanese and Ugandan support forces will be deployed in Mogadishu first and spread later to other cities and regions in the country.
5. The Parliament also approved the deployment of League of Arab States and African Union peace support mission.
The Parliament went into debating the second Bill of the relocation of the Government to Somalia. After the debate was over a vote of 141 majorities were registered in favor of relocation.
1. The Parliament approved that the Government will relocate to Jowhar and Baydhabo until the situation in Mogadishu is pacified.
2. It was also approved that a Government liaison office will be opened in Mogadishu.
Deputy Minister of Information
Hon. Salad Ali Jeele