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Somali president resigns in row with PM

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-12-29 23:57

In a vote in Parliament, 143 out of the 170 lawmakers voted for the government, 20 rejected and 7 abstained.

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"143 of the 170 parliamentarians present voted in favour of the prime minister and his government while 20 voted against and 7 abstained," Sheik Aden Madoobe, parliament speaker, said after the vote.

"So the prime Minister and the government can continue serving the nation and the president's decision is null and void," the speaker said.

Rejecting the vote of parliament, Yusuf named Mohamed Mohamoud Guled Gamadere as new prime minister to replace Hussein the following day.

Gamadere, a long-time close ally of President Yusuf, served in the government of the former Prime Minister Ali Mohamod Gedi, in which he held two different ministerial portfolios as minister of Public Works and Housing and Interior Minister.

But the newly-appointed prime minister announced his resignation Wednesday. He was quoted as saying that he made the decision after looking into the situation in the country.  

Somali lawmakers tabled a motion days ago, seeking to impeach the Somali president who they have accused of "violating the national charter" and alienating some of Somalia's communities.

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