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Somalia: Progress on a Constitution

August 2, 2012 · 329334 CommentsSomalia%3A+Progress+on+a+Constitution2012-08-02+06%3A55%3A53Qalinle+Hussein

Somali delegates read the book of the constitution during the National Constituent Assembly meeting in Mogadishu. A special assembly is tasked with voting on a new constitution for war-torn Somalia as the corruption-riddled government approaches the end of its mandate next month. (Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images)

Somali delegates read the book of the constitution during the National Constituent Assembly meeting in Mogadishu.(Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images)

MOGADISHU — Delegates agreed Wednesday to a new draft constitution for Soma that is meant to help the violence-torn East African country return to stability. The delegates finished their deliberations despite a suicide bombing outside the conference. Two bombers were involved in the attack, with one of them killing six security officers, the police said. The other attacker was shot and killed before he could detonate his bomb, they said. The Shabaab, a group linked to Al Qaeda, said they were behind the attack.

he draft constitution will replace an eight-year old Transitional Federal Charter. The draft is to be subjected to a nationwide referendum as soon as security improves, according to a representative for the African Union Commission for Somalia. The Shabaab were driven out of Mogadishu late last year and are struggling to hold on to territory elsewhere in the face of attacks by Kenyan, Ethiopian and African Union forces trying to prevent Islamist insurgencies from spreading out from Somalia.

By REUTERS

August 2, 2012

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By Qalinle Hussein

Tags: Constitution, Government, Parliament, Somalia

Jamal says:

The Constitution of Somalia is just a made up One for the sake of making an orderly Government but in real sense it is not the right channel on how it was made because these elders people the TFG are saying are not really the elderly people known to their tribal and they have no Mandate to approve anyway let us accept it for the sake of bringing the stability and we will sort it out in the future and it should be known that it does not concern at all with Somaliland and if they talk about Somaliland than the Constitution itself we be a corrupt one by itself and I hope l will understood very well Thank you.

4:23 am on August 2, 2012

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hamze says:

woooow mashallah good news the da tribes in da north wil get 59 seats in da new goverment federal state beelaha isxaq will get 28 mps, sool and and sanag will get 8 mps awdal region will get 9 mps djbouti will get 8 mps i dont noe y issa gets more mps than sool is weird.

3:24 pm on August 2, 2012

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hamze says:

also thy dont mention somaliland but it says da new constitution that somali borders are djbouti weird, somaliland is not even mention once in the new constittuion i find this bogus and useless constitution ppl the 1960 constitution is wat should use is great one we dont need a new one.

3:27 pm on August 2, 2012

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- DaughterOfSomalia says:
  
  Why should somaliland be mentioned in the constitution? they dont want to be part of greater Somalia, therefore, no need to mention them. Hopefully, the fact that they are not mentioned in the Somalia constitution is an indication that, our leaders plan on giving them their recognition.
  
  3:37 pm on August 2, 2012
  
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