 Somalia has been without stable government during the last two decades |
Somalia's Transitional Government and its rival group have agreed to start a process later this month that will lead to presidential elections.
"The Transitional Federal Government and the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia have agreed to hold the elections for the president," the African Union announced in a statement released on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Somali Parliament Speaker Sheikh Adan Mohammed Nur Madobe informed Sunday Somali parliamentarians in Baidoa, that the new president would be elected on 26th of January.
Madobe urged the lawmakers to be present on the momentum day.
"The elections would be held on 26th of January in Baidoa, I urge all of you and those absent to be present on that day so that you can take part in the elections," Madobe said.
The president in Somalia must be chosen by parliament members. Efforts are also under way now to set up an expanded parliament, which would elect not only the president but also other state-officers, according to the AU.
The African Union (AU), troop-contributing countries of the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), and the United Nations, as well as Ethiopia as the chair of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), held a meeting Saturday at the AU headquarters to assess the political and security situation in Somalia and the status of AMISOM buildup.
However, the African Union in a statement released on Sunday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, proposed that for security reasons, the elections be held in neighboring Djibouti, a move Somalia's parliament Speaker says would be considered if only made formal.
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, president of the transitional government, resigned on Dec. 29 following a power struggle with Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein.
Somalia has been without stable government for nearly two decades with almost all the efforts to stabilize it hitting deadlock.
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