Somalia leaders conclude the consultative meeting in Mogadishu over the electoral process

The two day meeting between the federal government of Somalia and its members states has been finalised today in Mogadishu. The country’s leaders have been discussing the need to accelerate the electoral process.

The communique of the meeting between the Prime Minister and Federal Member State presidents levelled out some of the sticky points including the selection of delegates, election budget and security.

Regarding the selection of delegates, the meeting assigned the role to clan elders who are in the Federal Government registry and civil society organisations representatives who must hail from the respective clans they will be selecting delegates and will be approved by the State Indirect Elections Team.

On the election budget, the National Consultative Council (NCC) resolved that the committee will comprise representatives from the regional government and the Office of the Prime Minister. Funding for the committee will be released within 15 days after submission of the budget.

The elections security will be overseen by a team of ten police chiefs from the Somali Police Force, regional police, UNSOM, AMISOM and a representative from the Federal Indirect Elections Team (FIET).
The security teams will provide security for the elections with a special focus on Somaliland, Banaadiri and presidential elections.