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Somalia’s lower house of parliament has voted unanimously to restore an agreement reached last year that will allow the country to hold indirect elections.
Last month, the parliament had voted to extend President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed’s term by two years and for the country to hold its future polls under a one-person-one-vote system.
The move, however, was rejected by the senate, prime minister, opposition leaders and four of the country’s six federal member states, leading to a standoff in the capital, Mogadishu.
On Saturday, Speaker Mohamed Mursal said 140 MPs had voted to reinstate indirect polls – whereby special delegates chosen by Somalia’s clan elders pick lawmakers who in turn choose the president – based on the September 2020 agreement, with no lawmakers expressing any objection.
Somalia Lawmakers Vote to Extend President Farmajo’s Mandate Bloomberg 3 hrs ago © Photographer: Riccardo Savi/Getty Images Mohamed Abdullahi
(Bloomberg) Somalia’s lawmakers voted to extend the mandate of the government led by President Mohamed Abdullahi by two years in a bid to resolve a political crisis after the nation failed to hold a scheduled vote in February.
A total 149 members of parliament, or 54% of all lawmakers, voted for the move, according to Speaker Mohamed Mursal Sheikh.
While the four-year term of the president commonly known as Farmajo ended on Feb. 8, he’s remained in office after the government failed to arrange for elections as agreed in a September 2020 deal with regional governments.