The election money scheme continues

[fais]

Why are these donors accenting the outrageous price tag for this selection..

Somalia appealas to Arab League for $12m to complete elections before 2022

Mogadishu (HOL) - Somalia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation announced on Sunday that the Arab League has agreed to provide Somalia with financial and technical assistance for the upcoming elections.

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Somalia appealas to Arab League for $12m to complete elections before 2022

Somalia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation announced on Sunday that the Arab League has agreed to provide Somalia with financial and technical assistance for the upcoming elections.

Somalia directly appealed for $12 million of its projected $29 million budget for the electoral process. Foreign Affairs Minister Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamud said that he secured the support during a meeting of Arab League FM's in Cairo this past weekend.

The statement from the foreign affairs ministry said that for the first time since 1991, Somalia would contribute significantly towards its own elections. The federal government estimates that it will raise $8.2 million from candidates running for both houses of parliament and the presidency.

Somalia has reportedly already secured $7.7 million from Western international donors through the UN. Somalia can potentially raise $27.9 million if the Arab League contributes that $12 million requested by the foreign ministry. That scenario would leave Somalia just over $1 million shy of its total electoral budget.

The Foreign Minister confirmed he held a bilateral sideline meeting with his Kuwaiti counterpart, Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah. Mohamed also spoke with the Qatari FM, Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, and the Omani FM Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi over the telephone.

Mohamud told his Arab League counterparts that the assistance would help Somalia complete elections before 2022 and send a clear signal to the Somali people and international partners that Arab countries are invested in Somalia's stability.

 

[Som]

The donors know that the election is useless, whoever wins will be their puppet so they don't mind giving us money to organize this farce.
As I said Somalia's curse is unconditional Aid money that foreign countries use to keep us down and obedient. If they wanted to help us they would set conditions before giving us money.

 

[Som]

When they say "stability" they mean status quo.
This is the ideal situation for gulf countries and turkey. Somalia is stable enough to invest but too unstable to ever pose a threat to foreign interests.
Somali politicians are paid and work for foreigners. Their job is litteraly to keep somalia down and let foreigners do whatever they want. Elections are just competitions among the employees (somali polticians) who want to show off and be promoted by their employer (turkey, qatar,Uae etc)

 

[fais]

When they say "stability" they mean status quo.
This is the ideal situation for gulf countries and turkey. Somalia is stable enough to invest but too unstable to ever pose a threat to foreign interests.
Somali politicians are paid and work for foreigners. Their job is litteraly to keep somalia down and let foreigners do whatever they want. Elections are just competitions among the employees (somali polticians) who want to show off and be promoted by their employer (turkey, qatar,Uae etc)

Agree, Indho Indho said it well...

 

[0117]

@fais

Didn't Somaliland host an election in which there were more than a million registered voters.Remind us the funding for this election and how this compares to Somalia?

 

[SirLancelLord]

@fais

Didn't Somaliland host an election in which there were more than a million registered voters.Remind us the funding for this election and how this compares to Somalia?

Somaliland Govt covered 70% of the funding and the International Community the remaining 30%

Kinda Stupid how Somalia is asking for 28mn just to have some old guys vote in a room.

Total Cost: $21.8mn

 

[fais]

@fais

Didn't Somaliland host an election in which there were more than a million registered voters.Remind us the funding for this election and how this compares to Somalia?

Somaliland had one million+ voters. There were over 2,700 polling sites & 30,000 election workers.

The government of Somaliland also paid the full cost of biometric registration before the elections..

As it looks now Somalia wants a funding for selection at 29 mio$ and if they get 12 mio $ from the Arabs they only have to chip-in a little over 1 mio$ - I don't think they would do that, if they had any funding coming from them they would already have said how much they can chip-in.

 

[bidenkulaha]

It’s ridiculous. You literally could have the election tomorrow. Get all of the clan elders, upper house senate in one room for an hour. Boom elect new President. Not as if we’re running direct elections

 

[Kanan]

The security measures can not cost more than 3 million max what the hell are they're going to do with 30 million?


My guess it will be used to bribe MPs