BAIDOA (Halbeeg News) – Southwest minister for Public Works, Mohamed Ali Hassan has been elected member of parliament in seat 103 barely a day after the election of the parliamentary seat was suspended.
According to Southwest’s state indirect elections team (SIET), Hassan defeated Muktar Ali Ibrahim by 78 votes to 18 votes.
The development a day after the Federal Indirect Elections Team (FIET) announcement of the suspension of a seat which former Lower House speaker Mohamed Jawari had sought to contest in, after Jawari claimed that he is feared to be locked out of the race in Baidoa.
The two-time speaker and veteran politician, who returned to Mogadishu from Baidoa town last Friday in a press conference held in the capital accused Southwest State President Abdiasis Lafta Gareen of planning to lock him (Jawari) out.
The claims by Jawari comes a day after Somalia’s partners called for the ongoing elections for the lower house of parliament to be completed in a transparent, inclusive, and credible manner before the set deadline of Dec. 24.
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