MP Mohamed Jama Mursal Geelle has been elected as the new chairman of the Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Committee of the House of the People after winning a hand-raising vote against his competitor, MP Abdisaalan Haji Ahmed Dhabanacad. The election was overseen by the Second Deputy Speaker of the House of the People of the Federal Parliament of Somalia, Abdullahi Omar Abshirow, who urged the newly elected chairman to accelerate the work of the committee. He also encouraged the committee members to collaborate effectively.
The election was attended by the deputy clerks of the house, the Secretary General of the House of the People, and some members of other committees of the House.