MOGADISHU, Somalia, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Somalia's interim president says he is willing to step down following a peace agreement signed by rival warlords, BBC reported Friday.
President Abdulkassim Salat Hassan told BBC that the Somali people are fed up after 13 years of war and lack of development.
Rival faction leaders have finally agreed on how to choose a parliament, which would in turn elect a president, and Salat said he would make way for whomever is chosen.
"I will hand over the power of the presidency," he said.
Since the fall of President Siad Barre, Somalia has had no central authority and been wracked by civil war with rival factions battling each other.
Salat only controls parts of the capital, Mogadishu.
The new parliament will be made up of 275 members, rather than 350 as previously agreed. The idea is that each of the four major clans will select 61 legislators and a coalition of small clans will select 31.
