Select Committee to present elections report to Parliament as UN Security Council lands in Mogadishu

The 26 member parliamentary select committee will present its deliberations to the House today even as it emerges pressure from government and international community may have compromised the team into dropping some of its critical proposals earlier contemplated.

Goobjoog News has learnt that the president met separately with the committee and so did representatives of the international community to implore upon them to rubber stamp the proposals despite the critical questions raised both by parliament and the civil society.

The development come as the UN Security Council which arrived in Nairobi Wednesday will be landing in Mogadishu Thursday to further drive the 2016 elections agenda.

The 26 member committee brought up the Banaadir question noting the region, with close to two million people and hosting the country’s headquarters, Mogadishu cannot go unrepresented in Parliament. This, observers noted is the game changer to the whole electoral model debate and will definitely stir debate afresh from the regional states.

The international community issued a joint statement last week calling on parliament to swiftly endorse the proposals presented by the National Leadership Forum whose major point of contention is the no seat option for Banaadir in the Upper House.

The committee had however proposed Banaadir be given equal number of seats as the other Federal Member States.

In the statement, the international community noted the endorsement of the modalities was imperative in light of the coming of the UN Security Council to the country.

The backdoor lobbying from the presidency and the international community will likely force Parliament to make do with the NLF proposals without change, a source privy to the developments said.

The UNSC has severally indicated it will not condone any proposals of an extension beyond August.