HARGEISA, 28 September 2009 (Somalilandpress) – The Somaliland House of Elders recent endeavour to resolve the political stalemate regarding the forthcoming Presidential elections has met with some success.
After an all night session, 77 members of the House of Elders voted to extend the mandate of the incumbent President, Mr.Dahir Rayale Kahin until one month after the Presidential election date. The new election date will be set after consultation between all three political parties, subject to the resolution of the technical issues related to the voter registration program and its tools.
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In a move welcomed by both opposition parties in Somaliland, as well as, the international community and donor nations, the Somaliland House of Elders once again returned to the winning formula of dialogue, discussion and consensus.
In a related matter, all three Somaliland political parties, UDUB, KULMIYE and UCID have agreed to a six point proposal put together by the International donors to Somaliland’s election process, including the USA, EU, Ethiopia and several other interested parties.
These six points are as follow;
1. Changes in the electoral commission should be made.
2. The election server should be re-instated and technical experts will come to Somaliland to fix the server´s problems.
3. The date of the election will be set by the commission and the technical experts and it is a technical matter.
4. To work together.
5. This election as well as future elections should be based on voter-registration.
6. The three political parties should issue a joint statement.
Once again, Somaliland has proved its democratic maturity in resolving issues that would have sunk and continue to plague other regions on the Horn of Africa.
By: Ahmed Kheyre
This a very nice article Ahmed , I support your opinion on this brother, this a very good step for the election you have mentioned, the 6 procedures are agreeable.
The removal of current NEC would be a grave mistake. for these reasons below:
1. The appointment of pervious NEC candidates took time that was one of the primary reasons of delay for the first set date of the election date.
2. The technicalities and concept is now being fathomed by all parties (NEC,Opposition party including Incumbent) due to the evasion of interpeace.
NEC shall be removed as soon as possible, why they are ones who have caused the current political situation in Somaliland, NEC are pulling the strings here, and a replacements for NEC shall be completed, and the New NEC staff shall be be experienced and competent, not the recent incompetent NEC, so a replacement is suitable,