On 10 March 2004, Ali was chosen by the National Assembly as one of Djibouti's initial five members of the Pan-African Parliament."Tenue d'une session extraordinaire de l'Assemblée Nationale" , ADI, 10 March 2004 ."Trois projets de lois adoptés en session extraordinaire" , La Nation, 11 March 2004 . In the National Assembly, he served as President of the Legislation and General Administration Commission during the same parliamentary term."Les parlementaires procèdent a l'élections des membres des différentes commissions et bureaux de l’Assemblée Nationale" , ADI, 26 January 2003 ."Les parlementaires adoptent le nouveau Code de Travail" , ADI, 25 December 2005 .
