Northeastern State hosts the yearly discussion board for strategies on Somalia’s coverage
AXADLE, Northeastern State – Somalia’s northeastern part of Northeastern State on Saturday received a large number of distinguished guests ahead of the annual Forum for Ideas 2020, scheduled for 29 December.
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The fourth forum, taking place for the first time in Somalia, aims to promote dialogue among Somalis on issues related to politics, security, constitution, federalism and elections, according to the Heritage Institute.
About 200 participants, including senior Somali government officials, speakers for the Senate and the lower house, as well as business people, civic and youth leaders were invited to attend the meeting in Garowe.
Northeastern State President HE Said Abdullahi Deni has warmly welcomed the speeches of the two chambers of Parliament along with senators, MPs and officials at the airport on Saturday morning.
This year’s theme is: “How Somalia can move out of the protracted transition in 2025”.
The forum comes amid a political crisis in the country that engulfed the 2020-21 election with the country’s leaders in stalemate due to the Federal Government’s appointment of the electoral body.
No solution on the horizon to end the ongoing wrangles. But the international partners have called on the Somali government and other relevant political stakeholders to resolve their differences through dialogue.
Recently, the leaders of Northeastern State and Galmudug Deni and Qoor-Qoor, respectively, announced that they would mediate the lattice lock in order to resolve the controversial issues regarding the elections in Somalia.
The main opposition candidates boycotted the upcoming parliamentary and presidential polls due to the inclusion of intelligence agents and officials in the election commission and demanded a neutral election commission.
Their decision further exacerbated the standoff and led to a delay in the election schedule twice this year. Outgoing Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo was accused of failing to hold free and fair elections at the end of his four-year term.
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