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Parliament picks presidential election joint committee

Storyline:11th Parliament, National News

GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: A committee of 14 MPs and Senators will lead the process toward the election of a new president following an electoral cycle that has lasted close to one year.

A joint session of the Federal Parliament today selected eight MPs and six Senators to set the ground for the election of a new president. The vote is expected to take place by around mid-month. Over 50 candidates have expressed interest to seek an election as the country’s next leader.

Somalia was supposed to get a new president on February 8, 2021 but political wrangling and several delays in the parliamentary elections made the timeline unviable. Article 89 of the Provisional Constitution notes that a new president shall be elected in a joint sitting of the Lower and Upper Houses of parliament with a winner required to garner two-thirds of the 329 votes.

The committee comprises the following legislators:

MPs

  1. Mowliid Abdi Mohamed, MP
  2. Ali Haji Dahir, MP
  3. Nuur Mustaf Mukhtaar, MP
  4. Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimuu, MP
  5. Mohamed Ananuug, MP
  6. Omar Yusuf, MP
  7.  Fardowsa Mohamed Igaal, MP

Senators:

  1. Sen. Ali Mohamud Ga’al- South West state
  2. Sen. Prof. Abdi Ismail Samatar- Somaliland
  3. Sen. Abdiqani Geelle Mohamed- Puntland
  4. Sen. Farhaan Ali Mohamud- Galmudug
  5. Sen. Ibraahim Awgaab Osmaan- Jubaland
  6. Sen. Zamzam Abdullaahi Ahmed- Hirshabeelle