President of Somalia, was elected the ex-leader of the Union of sharia courts various
January 31, 2009 – 8:36 pmThe former leader of the Union of the sharia courts, and now the leader of the Alliance for a new release of Somalia (ARS) Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed on Saturday, won in the secret ballot in parliament on the candidacy of the new president of the north-eastern African country, the TV channel Al-Jazeera.
The new president, in his comments on the activities of the organization «Young mujahedin» said: “Those who fight for the imposition of strict Islamic law in Somalia, to discredit the Islamic concept of” and that he would try to correct this trend.
According to the BBC, his candidacy is supported by the required majority of deputies in the second round of voting after the fact, after the first round withdrew his candidacy, Prime Minister of Somalia Nur Hassan Hussein.
On Saturday evening, to be held the swearing-Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, after which he went to the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), which was called in this weekend, in Adis Ababa ( Ethiopia).
