 Sheikh Hussein Ali Fidow, a spokesman for Al Shabaab militants, told reporters on 22 June 2011 that "it is clear for the Somali people and the international community that [the] Kampala meeting [on] Somalia was aimed to coerce the Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed to step down".In addition, the Al Shabaab spokesman suggested that Somalia's citizenry was aware of what was going on and that it (Al Shabaab) did not recognize President Sharif Ahmed and the Parliament Speaker Sharif Hassan as legitimate governmental authorities.On 24 June 2011, lawmakers reaffirmed their opposition to and intention of repealing the Kampala decision.