Somalia: Efforts high before Somaliland’s election results
HARGEISA, Somalia – Somaliland’s main political parties are eagerly awaiting the outcome of Monday’s election, which was closely monitored by a host of stakeholders, including observers, mainly from Africa, with few or no government representatives around the world.
North Western of SomaliaElection Commissioner Abdirashid Mohamud Ali announced that the election results will be declared within 24 hours. This means that at 5 pm on Tuesday, most candidates would have felt their fate in civic and parliamentary votes.
An early indication from the election in North Western of Somaliais that turnout was high compared to the registered voters, a source told VOA. There was a lot of enthusiasm among the voters and the process was calm and orderly with much smaller election lessons to learn for the future, a source added.
For most of Monday, the outgoing region’s president Muse Bihi Abdi and the opposition leaders set a good example by voting in their respective polling stations as they mobilized supporters to support their local candidates.
About 55 percent of the registered voters were under 25 years of age. In addition, 53 percent of registered voters are men while 47 percent were women. This suggests that women may have changed their attitude towards such an exercise in view of the democracy that can flourish in the region.
Some reports suggest that residents of Las Anod had a high turnout in Monday’s City Council and House of Representatives in Somaliland. The election of the House of Representatives is being questioned by candidates who want to be the next Speaker of the North Western of SomaliaParliament.
Among the candidates is former North Western of SomaliaForeign Minister Yasin Haji Mohamud Faratoon. The competition is being formed between the ruling Kulmiye party and the opposition UCID and Wadani, which are vying to control the 82nd parliament and the 212 local authorities.
North Western of Somaliaheld parliamentary votes in 2005 and civilian votes in 2012. Since then, the authorities have delayed the exercise, which has led to several questions from stakeholders, including the European Union, whose envoy Nicolas Berlanga visited several polling stations on Monday.
All parties have indicated that they will accept the outcome of the results and the dissatisfied would have the opportunity to appeal in court. As the results continue to trick, Axadlewill hit them on our official website for regular updates in the coming hours.
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