President Muse Bihi Abdi of Somaliland met with the newly elected members of the country’s House of Representatives on August 4.
The new Members of Parliament (MPs) are expected to assume office immediately.
President Bihi’s meeting with the MPs took place at the Presidential Palace in Hargeisa.
He took the time to commend the leaders who were elected to serve parliament in various capacities. Bihi singled out the election of Abdirizak Khalif Ahmed as the new parliamentary speaker.
The President extended his congratulatory messages to Said Mire Farah Girre and Ali Hamud Jibril as the First Deputy Speaker and Second Deputy Speaker respectively.
Presiden Bihi also stated that the recent successful elections were a national rather than partisan victory for all people of Somaliland.