Neither Sheikh Sharif nor Sakiin will be in the new TFG

[shiniile9]

I hate when people write 100 columns of supports;fake evidence;meningless arguments where they can simply say:

I support MR X or i worship MR Y. Free yourself from yourself.

[The_Emperior5]

Lool @ Voltage and this is your league you were the same person who said Alshabaab will run over the entire horn of Africa 2 Years ago with you're silly predictions . Than you said Faarmaajo will never resign and than two hours later when he resigned you said i am not even sad he resigned you are an unstable individual

[Amirsade]

Now, patience has run out. Under the roadmap, Somali political leaders will have 12 months to carry out reforms they have agreed since a deal struck in Kampala in June ended months of high-level bickering.

The Horn of Africa nation has been mired in violence since a dictator was ousted in 1991. It has become a haven for Islamist militants and a launch pad for pirate attacks in busy nearby shipping lanes.

According to the draft roadmap recommended by a Somali preparatory committee on August 23, the aim is to hold polls by August 20 next year for members of a revamped federal parliament, local administrations and a president.

Now, the president is elected by lawmakers who are appointed according to a strict formula splitting power between Somalia's major clans -- a process that has damaged the legitimacy of transitional governments to date.

Given the dire security situation, the chance of holding popular elections in large parts of the Horn of Africa nation is slim, so it is not yet clear how polls will be conducted.

That's why Augustine Mahiga, special envoy of the U.N. secretary-general, says coming up with a new constitution that would change the way lawmakers and presidents are selected will be crucial to giving any new government credibility.