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Somalia to hold indirect election in October - Prime Minister
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Somalia to hold indirect election on Oct 10, PM says
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Deal calls for elections within 60 days (Adds details, background)
By Abdi Sheikh
MOGADISHU, May 27 (Reuters) - Somalia s Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble said he was committed to free and fair polls after he signed an agreement on Thursday with regional presidents to allow indirect elections to take place after delays had prompted a crisis.
Clan elders were meant to have selected lawmakers in December, who in turn were due to elect a new president on Feb. 8. Both procedures failed to take place, amid disputes over issues that included the composition of an election commission that would supervise the voting.
The disagreements caused concern that clans could turn on each other and that the al Shabaab Islamist group, which is linked to al Qaeda, could exploit a security vacuum.
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MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Somalia’s Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble said he was committed to free and fair polls after he signed an agreement on Thursday with regional presidents to allow indirect elections to take place after delays had prompted a crisis.
FILE PHOTO: Somalia s Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble looks on before addressing members of parliament in Mogadishu, Somalia February 10, 2021. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
Clan elders were meant to have selected lawmakers in December, who in turn were due to elect a new president on Feb. 8. Both procedures failed to take place, amid disputes over issues that included the composition of an election commission that would supervise the voting.
Somalia s PM commits to free, fair polls after impasse over elections resolved
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