Somaliland: President Egal launches political party
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Jun 27, 2001
The government of President Muhammad Ibrahim Egal yesterday for the first time announced the formation of a political party named UDUB [Somali acronym for National Democratic Alliance, NDA]. The move comes barely seven months before the end of its five-year term of office.
Somaliland's minister of health, Abdi Aw Dahir Ali, officially declared the formation of the NDA, whose general convention is scheduled to be held on Saturday, 30 June 2001 in Hargeysa.
The minister made the announcement yesterday when he addressed a news conference at the Civil Service Commission HQ during the closure of a one-day seminar for the party's steering committee.
The committee consists of ministers, other leaders and members of the public. Among the ministers who attended the meeting were the ministers of finance, education and health.
Dr Dahir informed the meeting that up to 350 members, from all corners of the country, were expected to attend the convention. He said the convention will continue for a week...
Source: Himilo, Hargeisa, in Somali 27 Jun 01 p 1
/BBC Monitoring/ © BBC.
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