Members of the Somali parliament vote during the presidential election held at Mogadishu AirportMOSCOW, May 15. The Somali parliament failed to elect a president in the first round of voting, and the top four candidates advanced to the second round, radio station Dalsan reported, citing the voting results. to the presidency. The leader of the first round of voting was the head of the Autonomous Region of Puntland, Said Abdullahi Deny, who received 65 votes. The second line was taken by the current President of the country Mohamed Abullahi Mohamed, for whom 59 deputies voted. Also, the ex-President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud (52 votes) and the former Prime Minister of the country Hassan Ali Khair (47 votes) also went to the second round. It is reported that the second round of voting will begin shortly after the end of the first. Voting takes place in the airport hangar of the Somali capital Mogadishu, which is under the protection of the forces of the African Union Transitional Mission in Somalia (ATMIS). The media wrote that on Sunday the airport came under mortar fire. Somalia ceased to exist as a single state in 1991 with the fall of the dictatorial regime of Siad Barre. The international community recognizes the only legitimate authority in the country as the federal government, which controls the capital city of Mogadishu and a number of other areas. The remaining parts of Somalia are under the control of unrecognized state entities or are self-governing territories. In particular, the unrecognized Republic of Somaliland is located in the northern part of the country, and the Puntland region, which declared autonomy in 1998, is located in the eastern part of the country. Prime Minister of Somalia created a committee to investigate the actions of the President
