BAIDOA,(insidesomalia.org)-  Many lawmakers in Somalia’s transitional federal parliament are pushing a motion to bring up a vote of confidence against interim Prime Minister Nur “Adde” Hassan Hussein, government sources tell Garowe Online.

On Thursday, Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf and the Prime Minister returned to the southwestern town of Baidoa, where parliament sits, and jointly addressed lawmakers about an agreement reached in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

President Yusuf was interrupted numerous times while he spoke, frustrating him until he threatened to "walk out."

The Somali leaders presented to lawmakers the agreement ending their weeks-long dispute, which began in July when Prime Minister Nur Adde fired Mogadishu Mayor Mohamed Dheere, a close ally of the President.

According to the agreement, elections will be held in Mogadishu to elect the Somali capital’s new mayor and regional governor.

Lawmakers who met with President Yusuf in Baidoa on Friday said they would pursue the confidence vote, although the Somali leader advised against it, according to insiders.

President Yusuf urged the MPs to await the outcome of the agreement and to avoid dragging the transitional government into a new round of political deadlock.

Dissatisfaction

Many MPs have expressed growing dissatisfaction with the new agreement, which was brokered by Ethiopian government officials in Addis Ababa.

MP Mohamed Osman Maye, a President Yusuf supporter, said: “This is not a correct agreement…I call on Ethiopia to stop interfering in our politics.”

Another MP, Abdulkadir Nur Arale who supports the Prime Minister, said: “Before speaking about the agreement, we must ask why the [Somalia’s] top leaders travel to Ethiopia.”

Source: Garowe Online