Amid a fall out with the outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo, PM Hussein Roble is chairing the National Consultative Council [NCC] meeting for the second day in Mogadishu to end unnecessary political impasse. The meeting comes at a time when Farmaajo and PM Roble are embroiled in serious differences.
Ali Gudlawe [Hirshabelle], Abdiaziz Lafta-Gareen [Southwest], Ahmed Kaliye alias Qoorqoor [Galmadugl, Ahmed Islam Mohamed Madobe (Jubaland], Said Abdullahi Deni [Puntland] and Mayor Omar Filish of Banadir region are expected to attend the meeting.
Stakeholders have been calling for the meeting to help streamline electoral exercise which has been marred with controversy in various states. The opposition accuses Farmaajo of stage-managing the exercise to his own advantage.
The federal and regional leaders in the National Consultative Council are meeting in Mogadishu to correct the election anomalies. PM Roble’s office said the meeting with regional leaders will mainly focus on security and the expeditious conclusion of the elections’. There are calls to reduce the number of election locations in each federal state from 2 to 1. Unclear if the NCC will endorse this theory.
The meeting attended by Presidents of Puntland, Jubbaland, South West, Galmudug, Hirshabelle will be focused on accelerating elections, improving electoral procedures, and agreed upon final schedule,” said Mohamed Moalimuu, Roble’s spokesperson.
A number of stakeholders have been calling for a credible and verifiable electoral process in Somalia, which is acceptable to all parties. Even with rigging claims, the federal government of Somalia has remained tight-lipped, leading to differences in the executive.
