Somalia: Parliament Votes to Attend Conference in London

5 February 2012

Hargeisa, Somalia — The two houses of parliament in Somalia's separatist region of Somaliland have voted overwhelmingly voted in favor of the Somaliland, Radio Garowe reports.

The joint parliamentary session was held Sunday in Somaliland's capital of Hargeisa and attended by 109 MPs from the elected House of Representatives and the nominated House of Elders (Guurti). The session, chaired by the Speaker Abdirahman Mohamed Irro of Somaliland's House of Representatives, discussed two major issues: Somaliland's attendance at the London conference and revision to a Somaliland law which prohibited participation at Somalia conferences.

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