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needs. is the international community doing enough unicef, executive director, catherine russell and goodwill ambassador david bacon tool to al jazeera it took more than a year, but somalia finally has a new parliament impede are sworn in after a drawn out election. can they tackle the countries challenges and how will they deal with tensions between the prime minister and the president? this is inside story. ah hello and welcome to the program. i'm homage and room. it was an election where most people didn't get to vote, but one that the international community said was needed for stability in somalia.

leaders from powerful clans, civil society organizations and regional officials picked more than $270.00 m. p 's for the new national parliament. they been sworn in more than a year behind schedule. there were disputes about a complex electoral process as well as tensions between the prime minister and president. parliament's 1st task is to choose a new speaker and president. it's all happening as the united nations warned somali as worst drought in dec, it could trigger another famine. malcolm web reports it's taken more than a year and cost thousands of lives to get to hear the appointment of somali as new parliament. about 250 and peas and 50 senators have been sworn in in a ceremony in the capital market issue a great day. and we are not going to monday governance this man,

the prime minister mohammed who said mobley, has been in charge of the process is support to say he managed to make it happen again, stiff resistance level, who luckily, he's been at odds with the president mohammed abdullah he from i j, seeking another term, didn't attend the swearing in ceremony from azure critics and opponent say he's been stalling the process to try and stay in power. somalis didn't get to vote. chan representative selected m p 's and a series of closed door meetings. everyone in vote says buying a vote is widespread. the new m p 's due to elect the next president in the coming weeks. for me as i had promised to organize elections, where families get to vote, but he didn't fulfill his pledge. the whole process has been widely criticized in that selection that actually brought it to the bottom selection process that lack of integrity and could ability. so unless there is a strong strong rule of law and election law. so monday will be in this. what we've

seen for the past few months and the last year is absolutely unacceptable not to be repeated again. humfell a seat in parliament, remain open. after electoral official nullified the election processes over irregularities. mortars were fired towards margaret issues, greens and the other m. p. 's repairing to before an in, inside the armed group out, bob is opposed to the government and said it would target the elections claimed responsibility for this attack in the city of bela green last month. that killed an m p. and another parliamentary candidate, as well as several other attacks factions of the army for the police in mogadishu. last year, when yet another election delay was announced, and president for magic, tried to extend the term in office tamales and now waiting to find out who will be elected the next president. and if there will be more bloodshed before somalia has

a new government, malcolm web al jazeera ah. all right, let's go ahead and bring in our guest in mogadishu, zayna passing the founder and executive director of the so molly, gender equity movement, and i, robi, of yachting, enemy somali political scientist and executive director at the heritage institute for policy studies. and in oslo, stig yahoo hanson professor and international relations at the norwegian university of life sciences. a warm welcome to you all. and thanks so much for joining us today on inside story xena, let me start with you today. how significant is it that somalia has now inaugurated these lawmakers? how big a breakthrough does this constitute? so my good excited about. 5 you know, gratian of the parliament despite you know, the, and i've taught our process along the long time, it took us well as all, you know, say,

and really questioning gums that been going on. at least it signifies that the candidates moving forward. so the parliament and now that it's that it's where and they can elect their leadership, the method or leadership and then you know, elected the president. so that might go back to our working and moving forward. so yeah, it's very significant. it's the pillar in somalia and it's actually very important that at least that we do have one in parliament because the mandate of the current federal government has in february 7, 21. so over a year, you know, it was to take a bit and put in many things including the thought process. so it has to be quite a challenge. so it's really exciting that we see that parliament, that finally this is what and so thank you for the questions and i want to thank

you for the fact that these new lawmakers were inaugurated. does that indicate to you that the prolonged political turmoil and somalia may at last be coming to an end? i agree with no actually this is betty court date and a big milestone that some alice has a dupes. what you can see now is that the responsibility shifted from the divided executive between the prime minister and the president to a new parliament that can now still the country to a different direction. and i think that this should be well come on a blog that doesn't mean the process was good. it doesn't mean it came on time. but at least now we have the most important pillar with can create which can create other branches of the other other institutions, at least at the residence,

to an event. you want to give the competency to a new prime minister. so what, what, what we would we have been logged in for a quite a while. has arrived a bit late the stig, um, from your vantage point, how will the swearing in of these new members of parliament affect the tensions that have been ongoing? between the president and the prime minister? i think the tension will still be there. it will be there for us quite a while it before you have the finalization of the selection of the new president. so there will be attention, there will be a lot of bargaining in the new parliament. now there will be money is shifting, shifting sides, it will be a lot of attempts to make alliances and to position the various candidates in relation to their new m p. 's. so there will be a lot of ongoing corridor politics, including actually the use of money and bribes xena. and there's

a lot of pressure right now from the public on parliament for them to act quickly to elect a new president. is that something you foresee happening in a relatively quick amount of time? i think coming closer good into history. so malia, what is the parliament is one in there to appoint and mainly the committee that will prepare the ela thought of the election of the president. so i'm assuming we are hoping they know that the public is actually we did this for quite a long time that should have happened long ago. so i'm assuming that i think it will be really, it won't be in what have a lot of dragging in the political process because about the responsibility is on the parliament to deliver mainly to elect the president. so that's their job. there are only few sheets that you left and hopefully you don't the to get though.

it's expensive. she didn't, which has been quite challenging. but now that feed, i mean at least declaring that would be held in another interview with other than got a i think things will go smoothly and i think the. 5 men will elected their leadership 1st, i'm in the service of the, to the 2 houses in each house and then you know, because it's, and then they would also put it and put together a committee that will elected the president. so i think, i mean, obviously we will see, i think less may mean the conflict even now between the, between the prime minister and then because now that it was the, it's out of dad. hadn't it's in the parliament. so now i think it's time for the candidates will start, i mean, mainly trying to get the parliamentarians vote. so now i'm in the attention shipped

to the, to the problem. and in my opinion, thank you. i think i saw you reacting to some was and i was saying there it looked like you wanted to jump in, so please go ahead. yes, i expect that rivalry to play out for the next week. there's going to be attempts to swipe candidates in the direction of the various sides of the conflict and the opposition against a module. and in many ways it is the candidates that are in the focus. but there's going to be a lot of rivalry the next week. until the next president is actually the side open and we will see what happens off of that, but it's going to be an exciting time a what are some of the main priorities going to be for the new in piece? i agree with both that the, the responsibility now shifted to the new parliament. so even if the prime minister and the president does not agree for, they have some issues. they cannot do much of this time with respect to the

priorities. i think the number one is for the binder materials and the current ability and the legitimacy that they one tu, tu, tu, tu, tu, tu, tu, tu? this, that this country to then to a new that action? because the process has not given that legitimacy that they needed. so that is number one with the and just talk this with selection or election of the leadership of the parliament and also the selection and election of, of the president. so this is the 1st statement that the parliament is making to the somali people onto the international community that shows how serious they are when it comes to, to the number one priority number 2. and they have to understand that there is no time left here. there are a number of pressures that is the route in the country that is deadlines that are coming when it comes to the doctor. it is that it is institutional weakness that

actually the bullet isaiah and has spotted that a, made it a very fragile. so they have to act quickly so there is no time they don't have to take even one day off and they have to focus on on, do the work. luckily the to do that. it's now i'd rather not only use god, they have shown some leadership by fairness date appoint to get the election committee on the speakers. this is the betty very good actually. so i think that our number of other legislative that we will get into it these out of the key priorities for now for the next 2 weeks, is in one of the things that you already just mentioned there. when talking about priorities or these new m. p 's was a tackling drought and i want to talk to you for a minute about the humanitarian situation, or rather i should say the dire humanitarian situation there. 8 agencies have said that more than 3500000 people in somalia need food aid,

and that 1400000 children face severe malnutrition. how much more dire could the humanitarian situation get if the government does not act to tackle all of this? unfortunately, i think, you know, it's in all of the, even though you know, that has impacted the whole, you know, on africa it has hit the hardest. so molly and used to be in because of the lack of the strong situation that deal with it. coupled with the problem, you know, process the thought process that to get the attention of the meter, she would rather than focusing on on me, on the, on handling with the, with the drug before it became 5 minutes. so i think, you know, it's very that the parliament speeded up the elected, you know, then leadership and as well as the president the president and selected a prime minister under the prime minister to select the cabinet minister. so we,

we would have a function in government that deal with, with the drought. i've been currently, i think the, the only the somali people, what i unlock health has been, you know, mainly support and, and trying to mitigate and help the people who have been impacted. but that hasn't been much in community support be. and because the government is not actually the mandate expired, and all of these complex political conflicts going on with in. so that was very little come from from, you know, from the international community in terms of the leave and, and those, you know, taking it to, to the people in actually dire need. so i think, you know, it's, it's not how important it is that the electoral process ends and you know, that it's a new government that deals with, with, with all of these next time i think they better plan better because the, the, the routes and the, the fraud has been going on for quite a while,

so they need to have that. i did use to plan for the next one before it did start and also, you know, better vent whatever foster to prevent it in terms of, you know, water, intense right, of wells in got himself out to deal with that. thank you, stig this wearing into these parliamentarians. this happened after months of international pressure on being put on somalia to ensure that the elections were completed, that a new president will be chosen. what has happened thus far? does this give the international community confidence that the political crisis in somalia may be coming to an end? well law, i am an not sure i, as i said, i think the polarization will continue until the new president is elected in the parliament. there is going to be accusations that is also going to betray them. i

think actually that the role of the new cabinet will mainly be to kind of create some kind of stability rather than to aid the drawers. because i think they reply to the drop, it will be international or by the private somal this sector. in many ways, it's a week institutions. we talk about aaron format they. so it's a relatively no limited what they can do. but what they can do is to facilitate some kind of stability, but i do expect that we will see some rivalries and accusations are still being traded between the various fractions in the parliament. the that is going to build up in the parliament in the new parliament or so my expectations to the new parliament is maybe not as large sir, as said, the older speakers. but i of course, or by rule. and we have to remember that the draught in somal at today is set in a situation where you have a war in ukraine that has increase the serial prices and also grain prices quite

drastically and nationally. so it's actually harder for their aid to reach somalia . there's also a lot of attention in them to all the wars a fury that the new m p 's that have been sworn in. are they up to the challenge of combating? i'll show bob. well, i'm in the m p 's. only lawmakers moment chris out and just they have a few functions that actually related to, to, to, to recording, to them creating the support environment in somalia. but the unfortunate part here is that the current empties were selected based on how they would vote in the night of the election of the president. nobody cared about or the other functions. and the parliament has been the better to function as it has oversight function. as legislative function is, i don't think they even added those, those few people who talked the process and made the selection. if you care about

all of these things, what happens next 4 years? so what we ended up with is new, empties about 60 to 63 percent out of new new and peace compared to return. nice. so you have about 30 plus percent of the parliament to i'm just returning that it's sort of shows the experience needed is not there, but hopefully they will, they will, they will hit the ground running with the help build the international community with the help of also the leadership, depending on the leadership that they select. so i would say when it comes to dealing with bob, it is the executive department of the government executive, i'm in oregon, can either negotiate with the shop or they can. i mean, it's closer for the deal with them, but what the bottom and can do is just

a bit about those laws that are needed. and i think also what, what they can do is grab this and i mean regulate and bring the to sions, of security within the rule of law. now we are military that have been, or there's an air that has been politicized. if we have the intelligence agency that has been criticized it, so basically what the parliament can do is create an environment where the rule of law is supreme and that they can just lead the country through that. the most important think, i think that the parliament, which to keep in mind is oversight role. one is it loses that then the other number of states will kick in. and that's what happened. that's that, that's not a good thing for the country. so they have to maintain their independence in an

integrity when it comes to the running of the country and as an oversight and institution as a place where the liberation is and debate takes place. a place where a good legislation is automate. stig, how much has corruption impacted the electoral process in somalia and, and the elections as well. it's quite open, that money matters are locked in this process. it's quite easy to, to see. and that's why i'm a little bit more skeptic towards the new parliament's oversight functions. that perhaps her my or colleague off yada is i do think that the somalian needs checks and balance and i think federal states is a good oh way of having those checks and balances in addition to a parliament that during the last period didn't so that they were functioning as a check and balance, and it will take a long time before this parliament will function as a proper oversight or mechanism. you can argue that even in the somali republic

time, before 969, the somali parliament struggle with having these the functions. so they need a lot of checks and balances. we need a lot of 6 unbalances in the smallest or there are potential 6 unbalances there is so that can maintain some kind of shape against the outer italian is shakes against corruption with it will be tight time to fight corruption in the parliament and it will take time to fight corruption in the somali public sector as well. zina at somalia has a quarter system now for female lawmakers, but women are still held back from pursuing these types of leadership roles. some of that is because of cultural and social barriers. how difficult does it remain for female lawmakers in somalia? this kind of process actually i can say it has been very difficult and

very horrible for a woman. reason being, you know, we know that was a lot of, you know, violence involved. we know a female m p who are candidate was killed, others who added some, some would been somewhere. so literally, you know, in terms when we talk, we are talking about gender equity. it has gone down this, you know, count of elections or elections or whatever you wouldn't college, but we have 24 percent in the lower house go in. and actually last parliament, we can say now the last parliament, the 10 parliament. now in the lower house load house or the house of the people we have, it has gone down to 20 percent. and it could even get even lower than that, depending on the number one number of sheets that actually hasn't been elected yet . so the code of the houses of men of the 2 for women not being

really implemented, at least the upper house, gave me 2 percent or one because they, they have a smaller number. i mean the house is more compared to the house of the people. but the house of the people, women have actually suffered this time. and i think that as a significant impact on the delivery of, of you know, the parliament as well as the government in general. because when you have 50 percent of the population or one percent of the population, literally under comparison and put into a difficult situation where, you know, mentioned, i mean the number of, you know, people from the school sector and all the people who have been kind of in the moment it does happen, in fact, impact a woman, because a lot of people are worried how, how this upcoming, you know, how this final event is going to actually function. but i think it's very important

that they understand they're all on responsibilities. because if they don't, then it's going to be a problem for for so molly and a new actual job challenges for the for the can. that is so yeah, i hope that will work together. the woman in the parliament and in both houses and become to stronger and collaborate better to push gender equity men, especially since they have suffered in this eloped out process and they know that it could get actually worse. they need to work harder. all right, well we have run out of time, so we're gonna have to leave the conversation there. thank you so much to all of our guests in a person. a few other in me and stig, yahoo hanson, and thank you for watching. you can see the program again any time by visiting our website al jazeera dot com, and for further discussion, go to our facebook page. that's facebook dot com, forward slash ha inside story. you can also join the conversation on twitter.

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