Over 60 MP table motion against the decision of re-contesting of parliamentary seats

Over sixty newly elected member of Lower House have submitted motion to dismiss the recent decision to re-contest five seats which their results were nullified Somalia’s Independent Electoral Dispute Resolution Mechanism (IEDRM).

Speaking at the parliament’s session on Sunday, Ibrahim Isack Yarrow said the motion that was submitted on Saturday by 67 MPs was handed over to technical committee which will review it.

“The five parliamentary seats which IEDRM asked for re-contesting has been held freely and fairly therefore we want the parliament to debate on it,” said Yarrow.

Last week, Somali National leadership Forum (NLF) ordered four of the eleven parliamentary seats nullified by Somalia’s Conflict Resoltion Commission to be re-contested.

In a press statement released by National Leadership Forum (NLF), the leaders also included list the brother of the chief of Somalia’s intelligence Agency, Abdulkadir Gaafow Mohamud who was accused of involving irregularities.

Among the seats the leaders asked re-contesting is Mr. Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan, the outgoing federal Minister of Youth and Sports.

Hassan and another contender for the seat, Ahmed Sheikh Nur were disqualified for their role in the violence that occurred inside and outside the polling center in Jowhar last month in which a number of people, including electoral college delegates, were injured.

In recently released NLF communiqué, Both Hassan and Nur were allowed to participate the election which will attack place in Jowhar, the capital administrative of Hirshabelle.

The five seats which their elections will be held soon in  Jubbaland, Galmudug, Hirshabelle, Puntland and Southwest states.