Somali Community leaders in Arta fail to nominate Parliamentarians

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Title: [SW News] (PUNTIN) Somali Community leaders in Arta fail to nominate Parliamentarians
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Date: [22 May 2000]

Somali Community leaders in Arta fail to nominate Parliamentarians

Arta, May 22 - The Somali Peace talks in DJibouti drag on with no real progress. The preliminary talks by traditional Somali community leaders which were aimed at paving the way for the constitution of parliament which would in turn form an interim government, have stalled after most traditional leaders failed to nominate representatives of their respective communities to proposed interim parliament.

Some of the community leaders were not happy with the quota allotted for their respective communities, while others were reluctant to go ahead with the plan until their clan territories remain occupied by other clans which were a party to the deliberation in Arta.

The Puntland community leaders had however, expressed their desire to go back to their communities and the local administration for consultation before they appoint their representatives to the parliament. Djibouti, the host country is, however, trying to pressure them to nominate their deputies in order to speed up the process. A Puntland delegation led by the deputy President is participating in the talks in Djibouti

(PUNTIN)

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