MOGADISHU (Halbeeg News) – Somalia will hold its parliamentary elections in October this year ahead of the presidential elections, the country’s poll agency confirmed Saturday.
In a statement, Somalia’s federal electoral implementation Team (FEIT) said the election of the lawmakers of the Lower House will take place from Oct. 1 to Nov. 20.
On the 25th of this month, the preparation and registration of the committee that will select the delegates and the candidates for the parliament will begin.
The election of the Upper House (Senate) legislators will be concluded in two weeks.
Finally, the certification of the members of the House of the People of the Federal Parliament of Somalia will begin on November 25th.
Failure to resolve the electoral impasse has plunged Somalia into a political crisis since President Mohamed Farmaajo’s term officially ended on Feb. 8 while the four-year term of parliament ended on Dec. 27, 2020.
Somalia has not held a direct one-person, one-vote election since 1969, the year dictator Siad Barre led a coup and went on to rule for two decades.
Barre’s military regime collapsed in 1991 and Somalia sank into anarchy.
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