Former Minister: Impeachment motion a setback to upcoming state formation

Former Somali minister for education, Ali Abdullahi Osable has said that the impeachment motion to remove President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud from power will be a major setback to the country’s progress and government plans including state regional formations.
Osable who gave interview to Goobjoog News has said that the motion will cause political crisis in the country as somalia is approaching 2016 which the nation is scheduled to get new leaders.
he pointed out that the motion will be hindrance to the upcoming state formation conference for Hiraan and Middle Shabelle regions as intention of government will be diverted the outcome of the motion.
“I think the submitted Motion against the President will be challenge to the nation’s development and the formation of the upcoming the regional states because the government will get no chance to proceed as the political crisis get higher” he said.
On 12th this month about 90 somali MPs have submitted an Impeachment Motion against the President of the Somali Federal Republic, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, to the Somali Federal Parliament.
But the President has rubbished the claims saying that the country was not ready for any political maneuvers as there was more for the country’s leaders to engage in towards state building.
“This is not the right time to create political spat because of the ongoing important tasks for the country,” added President Mohamud.
Last year, Somali MPs called for the President to step down after failing to address growing insecurity.
It is understood that the President managed to divide the lawmakers who had moved to table a no-confidence motion against him.
Meanwhile, Article 92 of the Provisional Constitution 2012 accords the House of the People of the Federal Parliament, for this case, Federal Parliament as now constituted to propose the dismissal of the president if he is accused of treason, or gross violation of the Constitution or the laws of the Federal Republic of Somalia.
Article 92 (2) in particular reads: The motion for dismissing the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia may be introduced by no less than one-third (1/3) of the total membership of the House of the People of the Federal Parliament, and may be presented to the Constitutional Court, which shall preside over the case to see whether it has legal grounds.
If the Constitutional Court determines that the case has legal grounds, the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia may be dismissed by a two-thirds (2/3) majority vote of the total membership of the two Houses of the Federal Parliament.
In the event of a dismissal, the speaker of Parliament will assume the presidency for a period of 30 days within which elections for a new president must be held as contemplated in Article 95 (1).