The house of elders of Somaliland has uninamously extended the mandate of President Muse Bihi for two years in what could further create potential political crisis. The house aslo extended their chamber for 5 more years.
This comes days after Somaliland’s national electoral commission announced they need 9 months to hold the presidential election. During this period, the commission said they will prepare all the election requirements including voter registration.
President Bihi’s initial mandate was due to expire next month, but his new mandate will be ending on 13/12/2024 after 72 out of 74 have voted for the extension.
This is not the first time a Somaliland president gets a term office extension as the house of elders; the only chamber that has the authority to make such extensions for Presidents had Made similar extensions for former Presidents.
Somaliland has been mired in a political impasse for the last months over the sequence and the time of elections which still remains unsolved.
