The New prime minister’s speech at the parliament

BY ALMUNIIR CORRESPONDENT

After the Somali legislators endorsed the new prime minister, Dr Abdiweli Mohamed Ali gave this speech to the parliament in the presence of the president and the speaker of the parliament:

Your Excellency Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed,
The Presdient of Somalia
Honourable Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan
The speaker of the parliament
The deputies
Members of the parliament
The Security officers, the esteemed guests
The media fraternity,
All of you, Asalamu aleykum


It is an honour to me today to participate in this important meeting with you in which you are fulfilling your rights and task by approving and endorsing the position of the premiership nominated to me by the president.
The parliament is the mother of the legal government institutions. It is where the people are represented and the focal point where the law of the land is made.
I believe you have read my profile.
I am not a new face to you. I have been with you for the last six months. I am well aware of the current status of the country, the impediments at hand and I believe I have clear roadmap of how we can move out of these unrelenting difficulties and dispense my duties effectively.
I have been lately busy with matters of national interest in the country.
I was also aware of the different periods of the political, security, economical and civil issues of the country.
We are certainly required, for the time remaining, to jointly work together for the country and to double our efforts regarding security issues and at the same time to finish drafting the constitution and to bring an end to the transition period with the spirit of cooperation and harmony.
Honourable members of parliament, I humbly ask for your endorsement for me to discharge my duties.
After approving me, I will make numerous consultations with the different categories of the public, first of which will be the members of the parliament to appoint and come up with persons fit for the cabinet to give us helping hands in rendering services to our people.
After consultations, I will bring before you the names of the cabinet minister for you to debate on and give your final decisions.
Honourable members of parliament, although I will present before you the government’s agendas very soon, it still is undoubtedly important that I mention some of them:
•To revive back security, meeting the needs of the soldiers being at the forefront and maintaining law and order,
•To fight the insurgents who are battling and wanting to topple the government and also the pirates,
•To finish major tasks such as the drafting the constitution and end the period of the transition of the government in accordance with the Djibouti Agreement and in line with the Transitional Federal Charter,
•To work towards good governance, complete national reconciliation and reconstruction of the government institutions,
•To streamline the management of the government funds,
•To fight corruption,
•To foster the humanitarian assistance and public service,
• To strengthen the cooperation of the government institutions,
•To strengthen the cooperation with the semi-autonomous regions in the country and
•To strengthen the relations with the international community.
Honourable members of parliament
It is irrefutable that the country is passing at critical period, demanding our full involvement. The Somali public have been faced with violent conflict, long spells of drought, hunger, terrorism, piracy and blocking of humanitarian aid agencies from accessing areas that need urgent aid assistance. The local government aid agencies come to a halt and could not give basic services to the people.
The time remaining for us is small. The former government could not bring together the different administrations in the country because it was busy fighting with the insurgency and maintaining security. Therefore, we will do our best to bring back that relationship and clear any misconceptions and divergence of views.
Honourable members of the parliament,
Lastly, I wholeheartedly thank the president Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed who has entrusted me with this big position. I pledge to fulfil my duties in the context of Islam and the law of the land, and to safeguard the Transitional Federal Charter. I also pledge to strengthen the working relations between the government institutions and the international community. I asked you to work with me, in the limited period that we have, in every aspect of the government for the common good the Somali public.
I will lastly assure you that I will strengthen the relations between the parliament and the executive. Thank you all. Tweet