Somali Parliamentary Constitutional Review Committee has extended the members of the body with the six regional states tasked to appoint one member each, to represent them in the process of reviewing the Provisional Constitution.
The chairperson of the committee, Abdi Hassan Awale said that six new members from the regional states will be added the members of the commission.
“After long consultations with experts, leaders and members of the Parliament, We decided to make the review of the constitution inclusive one, six more members drawn from the regional states will be added,” Awale said.
He said that the initial 10 members were selected from the lower house of the Federal Parliament and the upper house.
“Before, the members were ten from Parliament. Each houses contributed five members,” he explained.
Meanwhile, Upper House Oversight Committee will summon the minister for constitutional affairs, Abdirahman Hosh Jibril over the review process amid rift between the minister and Constitutional Review Committee.
Early last month, parliamentary committee declared it had lost confidence in the minister saying he was unfit to steer the review process.
The committee accused of usurping powers and reaching the decisions unilaterally, a move dismissed by the minister.
The dispute between the sides has been existing since early last year when the body wrote to the President, Parliament and the International Community seeking their intervention.
The government stepped in to resolve the crisis leading to discussions held for the sides which saw a memorandum of understanding signed by the sides to revive the review and implementation process.
But the MoU collapsed when the committee announced that it has no-confidence in having any relations with the minister.
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