Somaliland: European Union Delegation Meets Political, Social & Community Organisation.
The European Union delegation which consisted of ambassadors from Denmark, Sweden, Finland, UK and
also from Switzerland, which had been on a visit to Somaliland the past
few days, have held discussions with various groups from the Somaliland
political arena.
The delegation which had already
met with President Muse Bihi Abdi, also conducted extensive discussions
with officials from Somaliland's three political parties, the
confederation of non-governmental agencies, SONSAF, and the Somaliland
National Elections Commission (NEC).
These discussions were to
ascertain the current status on the preparation for the parliamentary
and local elections scheduled for December 2019, just eight months away.
The EU delegation stressed to
their Somaliland counterparts the need to hold these elections and to
resist the temptationto extend the mandate for these bodies. The EU
provides the majority of the funds and the logistic support for
elections in Somaliland.
Meanwhile , in a separate meeting
in Hargeisa, senior officials from the three political parties, Kulmiye,
Waddani and UCID have been meeting to hammer out a consensus on the
issues blocking the holding of parliamentary and local elections.
The main stumbling block is the
current NEC. Waddani and UCID would like to see the current commission
disbanded, since their mandate expires before the December elections,
whilst Kulmiye would like to see an extensionfor the current commission
until after the scheduled elections in December, 2019.
As of yet, no agreement has been reached.
Ahmed Kheyre
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