as of 2008, dileita was the president of the ump coalition, and he headed the ump list for the district of djibouti in the february 2008 parliamentary election. following the election, in which the ump won all seats amidst an opposition boycott, he resigned as prime minister on march 25, 2008. guelleh promptly reappointed him on march 26 and named a new government under dileita on march 27.