By Yussuf Karani
HARGEISA– President of the breakaway region of Somaliland Muse Bixi Abdi announced that on August 2023 ,the electoral commission will held the long awaited elections.
The President who spoke during the ground breaking ceremony of a new market that will be built near the famous Waheen Market reassured the people of Somaliland that elections will take place later this month.
“At the end of this month we are going to do something on the business people, the local elders worry about and the scholars don’t care about, it’s the election” said President Musa Bihi
Madaxweynaha JSL, Md. @musebiihi , ayaa maanta si rasmi ah u dhagax-dhigay dib-u-dhiska suuqa casriga ah ee Waaheen, gaar ahaan intii ay dawladdu lahayd oo laga binayn doono dhisme casri ah oo wax weyn ka tari doona bilicda caasimadda iyo badqabka hantida la dhigo doonaba. pic.twitter.com/hOInePtbC8
— Madaxtooyada JSL (@MadaxtooyadaJSL) July 8, 2023
President Bihi urged elders and scholars to ensure that the elections are conducted in a peaceful manner devoid of mayhem.
The President didn’t specify whether the elections are Presidential polls or political parties since the government previously wanted the election of unions to precede the Presidential elections which the opposition vehemently opposed to.
Somaliland Electoral Commission has asked the constitutional court to explain the contested election rules, saying that they will slate date for the elections after the court’s decision.
The government of Somaliland and the New parties said that they will accept any verdict from the court while the opposition parties claim that the court has no role in the dispute at hand saying it’s the role of the electoral commission.
