Laying the foundation for 1M1V is a time consuming process which he should have been kickstarted two or three years ago. The Somali electoral commission has been dormant throughout much of the past 4 years since Xalima Yarey's appointment as chairman of this committee and has yet to make tangible progress in many key areas.
A host of reasons why I remain skeptical, a number of prerequisites have yet to be checked off: The constitution remains unfinished, the election bill along with political parties' laws to shape the electoral model has yet to be passed despite unrelenting pressure from beesha caalamka(namely UNSOM ambassador James Swan), no national census has been conducted which will effect the timeline to carry out voter registration, and most worryingly, the security of south-central Somalia has deteriorated.
Therefore, I've come to the conclusion that this administration was never serious about this in the first place. A desperate last minute ploy for a term extension by guulwade sharbaweyne.
A host of reasons why I remain skeptical, a number of prerequisites have yet to be checked off: The constitution remains unfinished, the election bill along with political parties' laws to shape the electoral model has yet to be passed despite unrelenting pressure from beesha caalamka(namely UNSOM ambassador James Swan), no national census has been conducted which will effect the timeline to carry out voter registration, and most worryingly, the security of south-central Somalia has deteriorated.
Therefore, I've come to the conclusion that this administration was never serious about this in the first place. A desperate last minute ploy for a term extension by guulwade sharbaweyne.
