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Delayed elections provoke anger in Somalia share Gunfire was exchanged between government troops and opposition supporters on Feb. 19 in the Somali capital of Mogadishu during a government protest, according to
Protests have emerged following disputes over the presidential election that was supposed to be held by Feb. 8. The president and leaders of the country’s federal states failed to agree on how elections could take place.
“For quite some time now we’ve been back and forth around finding political solutions around the pending elections. Unfortunately, until today we don’t have a consensus on a political election model that all stakeholders are happy with,” said Hodan Ali, co-founder of LeadNow, a Somali women’s political pressure group. ....
Somalia s clan system: undermining democracy? As the Horn of Africa nation struggles to reach a consensus on this year s general election, the country s controversial clan-based indirect voting system is under scrutiny. Under Somalia s indirect voting system, lawmakers like this woman seen here, cast ballots for the president Plans to proceed with Somalia s 2021 general election have fallen into further disarray, as the ongoing power vacuum and divisions between political leaders threaten to steer the country into a protracted political crisis. President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed s term officially expired on Monday, prompting an alliance of opposition parties to claim it no longer recognized the president, and propose the creation of a national council of lawmakers, opposition leaders and members of civil society to lead the Horn of Africa nation. ....
Somalia holds emergency talks over election crisis Somalia has opened urgent talks with regional authorities to avoid a constitutional crisis. The Horn of Africa nation looks certain to miss a February 8 deadline to elect a new president. The mandate of Somalia’s federal parliament expired in December 2020 Somalia’s president, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohammed, has convened an urgent 3-day meeting with federal state leaders. The conference in Dusamareb, some 400 km (250 miles) north of the capital Mogadishu, is an attempt to break an election deadlock and avoid a constitutional crisis. The mandate of President Mohamed Abdullahi, commonly known as Farmajo, expires on February 8. ....
Somalia holds emergency talks over election crisis Somalia has opened urgent talks with regional authorities to avoid a constitutional crisis. The Horn of Africa nation looks certain to miss a February 8 deadline to elect a new president. The mandate of Somalia s federal parliament expired in December 2020 Somalia s president, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohammed, has convened an urgent 3-day meeting with federal state leaders. The conference in Dusamareb, some 400 km (250 miles) north of the capital Mogadishu, is an attempt to break an election deadlock and avoid a constitutional crisis. The mandate of President Mohamed Abdullahi, commonly known as Farmajo, expires on February 8. Somalia s president is elected by the country s lawmakers made up of 275 members of parliament and 54 senators. But Somalia has failed to hold the necessary ballot to chose new lawmakers, so no new president can be elected. ....