Somalia Says One-Man-One-Vote Not Possible in 2016 National Poll

Friday February 26, 2016

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Somalia’s national leaders will be chosen by delegates during elections scheduled for August because the electoral commission does not have the capacity to conduct a nationwide poll, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud said.

Universal suffrage will only be possible at the next elections in 2022, he said in an e-mailed statement. Mohamoud was elected president in a secret ballot vote by lawmakers in September 2012.

“We recognize that one‐person-one‐vote elections will not be possible this year,” Mohamoud said. “We commit to undertake all efforts to deliver an electoral process in August 2016.”

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