FIEIT nullifies voting results of Friday elections, elections to resume today in Mogadishu

Federal Indirect Electoral Implementation team (FIEIT) has dismissed the voting results for two seats from the Lower House elections that were carried out on Friday in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu.

On its twitter, the electoral body nullified the results the elections due to irregularities saying the electoral process will resume on Monday.

Elections of six parliamentary seats allocated for Somaliland are expected take place today in Mogadishu.

On Friday FIEIT suspended the ongoing Lower House election for Somaliland community, which is taking place in Mogadishu.

20 MPs out of the 46 parliamentary seats allocated to the Somaliland community have been so far elected in Mogadishu.

Leaders from the Somali Federal government and regional states who were at loggerheads during the last  three consecutive days  in National Leadership Forum conference in Mogadishu are expected today to break the deadlock on 11 seats that had been nullified by the Independent Electoral Disputes Resolution Mechanism (IEDRM).

The 11 seats were nullified from Jubaland, Galmudug, Puntland, Hirshabelle and Southwest for failing to adhere to the rules of the electoral process.