IGAD urges Somali leaders to expedite elections

Leaders and stakeholders in Somalia have been urged to successfully complete the election of the Lower House of Parliament.
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Executive Secretary Workneh Gebeyehu encouraged all stakeholders to maintain the same spirit and ensure the election of the Lower House is also concluded without further delay.

The Federal Elections Implementation Team in a revised timetable released on November 11 set the deadline for the long-delayed elections of the House of the People for December 24.
The first two lawmakers for the next 275-member Lower House of Parliament were elected in the Somali capital, Mogadishu in early November. The 54-member Senate and the 275 members of parliament from the Lower House are now expected to jointly elect a new president in early 2022.