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Baidoa, Somalia,
December 20, 2008 – The Somali parliament has warned that it would
remove President Abdillahi Yusuf should he fail to appear before
lawmakers within 14 days.
The majority of legislators voted on Friday in favor of appointing
Parliament Speaker Sheik Adan Mohamed Madoobe as the acting president,
in case Yusuf refused to attend an impeachment session, A Press TV
correspondent reported.
The lawmakers issued a two-week ultimatum to the president to appear in
parliament and defend himself against the charges, or face arrest.
The announcement comes a day after Yusuf called the impeachment move an
illegal attempt to remove him from power.
The Somali President came under fire over the weekend for defying the
parliament in sacking Prime Minister Nur "Adde" Hassan Hussein. On
Tuesday, Abdillahi Yusuf Ahmed appointed Mohamud Mohamed Guled as the
new prime minister.
Following the appointment, the parliament called for Yusuf's impeachment
charging that he has violated 14 articles of Somalia's transitional
charter.
Source: the Press TV
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