Is Somalia still in a Transitional Period?
Garowe (PP Editorial) An inaccurate theme will dominate the Garowe event organised by Heritage Institute, a Mogadishu-based think tank. The question “How can the prolonged transitional period be phased out by 2025?” does not stack up against the political reality in Somalia.
The transition ended in 2012 when Somalia formed its first post-1991 permanent government. Why did Puntland Government accept a theme that sounds more like a joke than a carefully considered theme?
In 2012, when the Federal Government of Somalia was formed, there were only two Federal Member States and a unicameral house. From 2017 Somalia has had a bicameral house, and five Federal Member States. The adjective ‘
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The East African
Thursday December 24 2020
A man casts his ballot on November 16, 2016, in Baidoa, Somalia. The country has issued a schedule for the election of legislators. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
Summary
List of candidates for the Upper House will be produced by December 29.
The electoral team will start registration of candidates vying for the Lower House of the bicameral parliament from January 7, 2021.
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Somalia’s Federal Electoral Implementation Team (FEIT) has issued a schedule for the election of legislators.
In a press statement on Tuesday, Chairman Mohamed Hassan Irro stated that the committee was declaring the official timeline for the election of the members of the 54-member Upper House (Senate) and the 275-member Lower House (the Peoples’ Hall).
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