By Dahir A. Issa Opinion In 2016, when Puntland agreed to the electoral model after initially rejecting it on grounds that one person, one vote elections outlined at the end of the transition agreement had been jettisoned, Michael Keating, the former UN Representative in Somalia, urged political leaders to start preparations for one, person elections “now”. In 2017 the former Speaker of the Somali Parliament Mohamed Jawari held a meeting with a committee tasked with preparing Somalia for 2021 elections. “We have to be honest with our people and make it clear now if we are unable to hold one person, one vote elections. This clarity will spare the nation political uncertainty and disagreements over elections” said Jawari.