Somaliland: Parliament Rejects Motion To Increase NEC Members
The Somaliland House of Representatives has rejected a motion to increase the members of the National Elections Commission, NEC, from
seven to nine.
At a session this morning in Hargeisa, the House, whose mandate expired
in 2010, and has continued to sit on extension after extension, has
blocked the motion which was the outcome of an accord between the three
Somaliland political parties.
The agreement between the parties, which was brokered partly by the EU
envoy, Nicolas Berlanga Martinez, was to find a resolution to the
political impasse pertaining to the scheduled parliamentary and local
elections council.
The Speaker of the House, Bashe Farah, suspended the session, when it
become evident that the representatives were about to vote down the
motion. It is not clear whether it will be resubmitted after mature
consideration.
It is quite clear to all Somalilanders and it's supporters across the
globe, that this current House of Representatives and it's members are
one of the main stumbling blocks to holding elections, along with the
discredited NEC, the fossilized House of Elders, the opportunistic
political parties and the general malaise pertaining to democratic
progress.
The House of Representatives has also been struggling with the issue of
whether or not to increase the number of seats from the current
eighty-two, 82, which had been extensively lobbied for by the regions
and communities who felt under-represented.
If and when parliamentary and local elections are held, it is widely
predicted that the overwhelming majority of newly elected members will
be from the younger generation of Somaliland.
Ali Mohamed Abokor
AFEEF:
Hadhwanaagnews marnaba masuul kama aha Aragtida dadka kale. Qoraaga ayaa xumaanteeda, xushmadeeda iyo xilkeeda sida. waxa kaliya oo Hadhwanaagmedia dhiirigalinaysaa, isdhaafsiga aragtida, canaanta gacaliyo talo wadaagga!
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