MOGADISHU-Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo has accused Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble for failing to conclude the ongoing elections and deviating from his role to completing and managing elections in the country.
In a statement posted on Villa Somalia, president Farmajo said he was incensed by the failure by the Prime Minister to conclude elections and instead was taking and making unilateral decisions detrimental to the expedition of the ongoing elections.
Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya Mudane @M_Farmaajo oo Xeer Madaxweyne ku soo saaray: BAAQ KU SAABSAN DHAB-U-JIHEYNTA DOORASHOOYINKA?
?https://t.co/STunCfZU1q— Villa Somalia (@TheVillaSomalia) December 25, 2021
President Farmajo also called for a National consultative conference that will be attended by Federal Member States leaders and Banadir region to chart the next course of action and convening a transparent elections.
The statement comes 24 hours to the
The National consultative council meeting between central government and presidents of the federal member states (FMS) in convened by Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble in Mogadishu on Dec 27 after the opposition candidates Council of opposition presidential candidates vowed to boycott the ongoing parliamentary elections in Somalia alleging that the elections have been hijacked and that there are wanton corruption and malpractices in the exercise.
The Prime Minister H.E @MohamedHRoble today held separate meetings with the Union of Presidential Candidates and Civil Society Organizations to consider their views on the completion of the elections,ahead of the Dec 27 National Consultative Council Meeting in #Mogadishu. pic.twitter.com/S9nEbmANN7
— OPM Somalia ?? (@SomaliPM) December 25, 2021
Prime minister Mohamed Hussein Roble on Saturday held a close door meeting with the opposition presidential candidates to discuss on the way forward and how to speed the stalled electoral process.
It also as leadership wrangles rock the Federal Electoral Commission as members maintain they removed their chairman Mohamed Hassan Irro for being partial and incompetence.
Irro has since distanced himself from the allegations and termed the news of his removal from office as baseless and misleading.
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