The Somali Parliament on Monday voted to endorse Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein and his government, overturning President Abdullahi Yuruf Ahmed's decision to sack the prime minister.
In a no-confidence vote in Parliament, 143 out of the 170 lawmakers voted for the government, 20 rejected and 7 abstained.
The Somali president sacked his prime minister on Sunday, accusing him of incompetence, embezzlement and mismanagement.
The two senior Somali leaders have been in deep disagreement over a variety of issues including the way Somali national reconciliation is being handled.
Soon after the sacking on Sunday, the prime minister rejected the decision by the president.
Speaking in the southern town of Baidoa, the seat of the parliament, Hussien said that the president has no "legal authority" to sack him and that he would continue to serve in his capacity as prime minister.
"I do not accept the president's announcement today that he sacked me as prime minister because he does not have that legal authority in our charter," the prime minister said at a press conference.
Source:Xinhua
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