The Council of Ministers convened for their weekly Monday meeting, with Puntland President Abdirahman Mohamed Farole chairing the meeting at State House in Garowe, capital of Puntland.
Puntland Council of Ministers studying the Constitutional Court Law, May 13, 2013
The government’s legal team presented the Constitutional Court Law, with the Ministers discussing the new law, government sources tell Garowe Online.
The new Constitutional Court will consist of the five Supreme Court judges, who are presently in office, combined with four new qualified judges selected from civil society in Puntland. Once the Constitutional Court Law is passed, the new judges will appointed within 30 days, according to the new draft law.
Puntland political associations, who are preparing for the upcoming local elections, demanded the establishment of the Constitutional Court ahead of the local elections.
Six political associations are expected to compete in Local Elections, the first-ever democratic elections to district seats in Puntland since the state’s establishment in 1998.
GAROWE ONLINE
