Somaliland: German Delegation Meets With Parliamentarians
A Germany delegation, currently in Somaliland and led
by the Ambassador to Kenya, Annet Gunther has met
with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Bashe Farah and senior
parliamentarians.
The two parties discussed the parliament
and local elections scheduled for later this year and the current state
of readiness by the Somaliland National Elections Commission (NEC).
The Somaliland House of Representative
which has been sitting for more than 9 years after it's original mandate
expired in 2010, are yet to legislate an elections bill and have not
addressed the issue of the representation within the chamber.
The parliament currently consists of 82
members, as mandated by the Somaliland constitution. However, since the
last parliamentary elections in 2005, the population has increased
substantially and since there has been no census conducted, it makes
sense to increase the number of seats to facilitate the change in
population density.
However, that would require amending the
constitution, and neither the House of Elders, nor the Somaliland House
of Representatives have the mandate nor the willpower to address the
issue.
The dispute between the Somaliland
political parties pertaining to the NEC and other elections issues
continues to simmer, and neither the administration of President Muse
Bihi Abdi nor the main opposition party, Waddani, are in a mood to make
concessions.
Germany is one of the many EU countries that support Somaliland on democratic programs and good governance.
Ali Mohamed Abokor
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