Mogadishu-KNN- As preparations underway, the election committee of lower house parliament says ministers of the cabinet should resign first, Radio Kulmiye reports
Member of the Parliament Abdullahi Mohamed Aden told Radio Kulmiye that the parliamentary election committee decided to halt ministers running for the Speaker of the People’s house.
“Ministers should resign and bring a copy of their resignation letter” MP Abdullahi said.
Opposing that claims, constitution minister Abdi Hosh Jibril posted on his Facebook account that ministers can run for the post with out resignation.
Saying that he is answering question form his friend Hosh said under article 59 (c), of the Constitution, any member of parliament would automatically lose any other government position with the exception of Cabinet minister once they become members of parliament.
“Thus no need to resign but once a candidate becomes a Speaker, he/she would automatically relinquish his/her other government positions” he added.
Mps have to elect their speaker within 15 days, according to the constitution.
