voting starts in somalia’s presidential election
Last Updated : GMT 05:17:37
Emiratesvoice, emirates voice
Emiratesvoice, emirates voice
Last Updated : GMT 05:17:37
Emiratesvoice, emirates voice

Voting starts in Somalia’s presidential election

Emiratesvoice, emirates voice

Emiratesvoice, emirates voice Voting starts in Somalia’s presidential election

People walk past a campaign poster for candidate Mohammad Abdullahi Farmaajo on the eve of presidential elections in Mogadishu.
Mogadishu - Arab Today

 Voting started on Wednesday in Somalia’s groundbreaking presidential election amid a security lockdown that has closed the capital’s international airport and cleared major streets.

Members of the upper and lower houses of the legislature dropped their ballots into clear boxes in the first round with 21 candidates for president.

Fears of attacks by extremist group Al Shabab have limited the election to the country’s legislators, who will vote at a heavily guarded former air force base in Mogadishu. Rounds of voting are expected to narrow down the large field of candidates to a winner. One candidate dropped out on Wednesday before the voting started.

This Horn of Africa nation is trying to put together its first fully functioning central government in a quarter-century. Years of warlord-led conflict and Al Shabab attacks, along with famine, have left this country of about 12 million people largely shattered.

In a sign of the dangers that remain in the capital, two mortar rounds fired by suspected extremists late on Tuesday landed near the election venue.

While the international community has pushed Somalia to hold the election as a symbol of strength, including the US pouring in hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years for political and economic recovery, the vote has been marred by reports of widespread corruption.

The legislators voting on Wednesday — 275 members of the lower legislative house and 54 senators — were selected by the country’s powerful, intricate network of clans. Weeks ago, a joint statement by the United Nations, the US, European Union and others warned of “egregious cases of abuse of the electoral process.”

Examples included violence, intimidation and men taking seats that had been reserved for female candidates, the joint statement said.

With reports of votes being sold for up to $30,000 (Dh110,167) apiece, “this is probably the most expensive election, per vote, in history,” the Mogadishu-based anti-corruption group Marqaati said in a report released on Tuesday.

Among the candidates, many who also hold foreign passports, incumbent President Hassan Shaikh Mohammad is seeking re-election and may have an edge to win a second five-year term.

But rival candidate and Prime Minister Omar Abdul Rashid Sharmarke has accused regional countries of interfering in the electoral process by pushing for certain candidates. “Those neighbouring countries should respect our sovereignty and stop meddling in our affairs,” he said, without naming the states. Various Muslim-majority countries seek a friendly Somali government, including Turkey, which has invested heavily in the country

source : gulfnews

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

voting starts in somalia’s presidential election voting starts in somalia’s presidential election

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

voting starts in somalia’s presidential election voting starts in somalia’s presidential election

 



GMT 09:54 2018 Wednesday ,24 January

'Friendly and kind' N. Korean skaters

GMT 12:31 2017 Sunday ,12 November

Students get crash course on art

GMT 18:08 2016 Monday ,10 October

Saudi, Japan Ministers Seek Wider Cooperation

GMT 13:15 2017 Sunday ,22 January

Galfar incurs OMR5.78m loss

GMT 05:15 2017 Wednesday ,25 January

Alibaba quarterly revenue surges 54% to $7.7bn

GMT 13:19 2012 Monday ,12 March

Yehia Al-Fakharany speaks about new series

GMT 13:56 2016 Thursday ,18 August

Brazil police pull 2 US Olympic swimmers

GMT 08:53 2016 Saturday ,26 November

Timeline of Fidel Castro's life whose death at 90

GMT 21:06 2016 Friday ,02 September

India, Egypt must spread correct version of religion

GMT 06:53 2017 Wednesday ,12 July

Odd-man-out Donald Trump wins G20 favours

GMT 06:38 2011 Friday ,03 June

Cyber attacks constant

GMT 01:21 2017 Wednesday ,04 October

Amy hits mercenaries in Medi

GMT 09:26 2012 Wednesday ,01 February

The kingdom of the crystal skull

GMT 08:59 2011 Monday ,13 June

Al Ghandi Auto Group launches flagship showroom

GMT 08:08 2015 Thursday ,30 July

Egypt court postpones verdict in al-Jazeera trial

GMT 14:28 2017 Tuesday ,17 October

CAPRICORN (December22nd-January20th)

GMT 08:46 2017 Wednesday ,27 September

Thousands evacuated, emergency declared

GMT 11:02 2017 Tuesday ,13 June

Actor Mohamed Faheem happy for positive

GMT 10:57 2014 Saturday ,01 March

Cowshed launches spa in Selfridges London
Emiratesvoice, emirates voice
 
 Emirates Voice Facebook,emirates voice facebook  Emirates Voice Twitter,emirates voice twitter Emirates Voice Rss,emirates voice rss  Emirates Voice Youtube,emirates voice youtube  Emirates Voice Youtube,emirates voice youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

emiratesvoieen emiratesvoiceen emiratesvoiceen emiratesvoiceen
emiratesvoice emiratesvoice emiratesvoice
emiratesvoice
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
emiratesvoice, Emiratesvoice, Emiratesvoice