Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, President of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government. FILE|AFRICA REVIEW |
By ABDULKADIR KHALIF in Mogadishu
Authorities in Somalia held a consultative meeting to discuss the formation of a government to replace the transitional body and signed a new political roadmap on Saturday.
The UN sponsored convention took place in Garowe town, the capital of the semiautonomous state of Puntland, 1000 km northeast of Mogadishu.
The meeting brought together Somalia’s President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, as well as representatives of the breakaway Puntland region, the central Galmudug region and the pro-government militia Ahlu Sunna Wal Jamaa.
One issue that was discussed at length was good governance, with all the parties proposing a parliamentary reform before August 2012.
According to the new roadmap which is also known as Garowe Principle, Somali Parliament will be composed of 225 legislators instead of the current 550.
They will be selected based on clans with bigger ones getting major slots.
When the TFG was established following two years (2002-2004) of reconciliation talks in Kenyan capital Nairobi, 275 individuals were selected as MPs.
However, the number was doubled at the end of another reconciliation conference in Djibouti in 2008.
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