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SOMALIA: New draft constitution gets thumbs up

June 22, 2012 · 307615 Comments2012-06-22+14%3A59%3A18Qalinle+Hussein

Turkey’s Ambassador to Somalia, Mr Cemalettin Kani Toru, greets Somalia’s Prime Minister in Istanbul, Turkey (HOL).

NAIROBI — Somalia’s political leaders have approved a draft constitution the U.N. says was almost seven years in the making.

Somalia is undergoing several political transitions over the next two months, including the adoption of the constitution by an assembly of elders, the voting in of a new parliament and the election of a new president by the lawmakers. Those steps must take place before Aug. 20.

Somali leaders on Friday approved the draft constitution. The president, prime minister and four other leaders signed the document at a meeting in Nairobi, Kenya.

Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali said the constitutional is only provisional until Somali citizens can vote on it. The country’s security situation doesn’t yet allow for such a nation-wide vote.

The Associated Press

June 22, 2012

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By Qalinle Hussein

Tags: decentralization, draft constitution, Government, Somalia, TFG

Abdiwahab says:

somaliland's territory must not be claimed by zoomalian thugs we are gone from dilla to taleex somaliland independence is supported and sacrosanct

9:37 am on June 22, 2012

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Jamal Adan says:

PuntlandGeezer im a Lander and i agree, abdiwahab why comment? some people are just so narrow minded. And 'Zoomalian', your somali. Pathetic.

3:26 pm on June 22, 2012

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Moderator says:

Any body tells me online version of the draft constitution, thanks

3:43 pm on June 22, 2012

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runta baan sheegaya says:

If somalia gets a goverment, khaatumo will go with them! you guys can say what ever you want about khatumo but its here to stay. Let me tellyou a fact. The darods want somaliweyn, the isaaqs want Somaliland, sadly you have both being waiting sooooo long both atleast 20 years and its not going to happen, no somaliweyn,No Somaliland, just SOMALIA, so stop complaining and get working on SOMALIA. no matter if you like it or not.

ps
Somaliweyn dreamer at first
then Somaliland dreamer
and im awake and all i see is SOMALIA

5:54 pm on June 22, 2012

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- khaatumo citizen says:
  
  no one should be forced i believe if khaatumo thugs want stay with somalia, somaliland have no choice but let them go.. if somaliand dont want to be part of somalia then we should let them go as well.. or otherwise we will always be each other's throats no one going to win.
  
  9:11 pm on June 22, 2012
  
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