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Donors face dilemma after MPs extend Farmaajo s mandate
Thursday April 15 2021
Summary
Donors had earlier warned against decisions to organise parallel elections or extend the mandate of the incumbents.
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Somalia’s donors are facing a dilemma on how to react to the move on Monday by the country’s Parliament to extend the mandate of President Mohamed Farmaajo.
The President signed the motion into law extending his mandate for another two years, despite opposition from some leaders in the country and threats of sanctions from the international community.
Three federal member states Galmudug, Hirshabelle and South West and the Banadir Regional Authority (BRA), which includes Mogadishu municipality and surrounding locations, issued a letter on Monday endorsing the parliamentary decision.
Somalia s President Mohamed Farmaajo s term to extend by 2 years By Otiato Opali in Nairobi, Kenya | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-04-13 18:15 Somalia s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo. [Photo/Agencies]
Somalia s parliament has extended its mandate and that of President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo by two years. The decision was reached on Monday after an emergency assembly of the lower house saw some 149 MPs vote to extend their mandate, with three voting against and one abstaining from the vote. However, local reports indicate that the upper house said the move was unconstitutional.
In line with the decision, Somalia s next elections will be held in two years and will be based on the one person, one vote election system. This is according to a resolution issued by Mohamed Mursal Abdirahman, the house speaker.
Monday, 12 April 2021, 5:03 pm
The UN and international partners working to
support a lasting peace and democratic election process
across Somalia, said on Sunday that they were highly
concerned by the current situation there, calling on Somali
leaders to “prioritize the national interest” and
resolve their political impasse.
The African
Union (AU), the European Union (EU); African regional trade
bloc, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development
(IGAD,) and the United Nations, met on Friday, “in light
of the gravity of the ongoing political stalemate in Somalia
over the holding of delayed elections, and the continuing
impasse in dialogue between the Federal Government and some
Joint communique on the situation in Somalia (AU, EU, IGAD and UN) za.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from za.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.