MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somaliland heads to the polls on Wednesday, as voters select between extending President Muse Bihi Abdi’s seven-year rule or changing him together with his vocal critic, opposition chief Abdirahman Irro, who has secured sturdy backing from the area’s political elite.
Voting will start early Wednesday morning at polling stations throughout the breakaway area of northern Somalia, with public transportation halting late Tuesday to facilitate easy voting operations till polls shut.
Worldwide observers have been deployed to the breakaway area, which boasts a novel monitor file amongst Somali territories of holding free and truthful elections and making certain peaceable transfers of energy on no less than three events since its secession from Somalia in 1991.
President Muse Bihi Abdi has seen his reputation wane in recent times, owing to his dealing with of a variety of points, together with the Lasanod battle, rising inflation, skyrocketing meals costs, widespread corruption, and a harsh police crackdown on dissent.
Bihi has been abandoned by a lot of the nation’s political elite, who’ve now thrown their help behind his rival. His Vice President, Abdirahman Saylici, a 14-year incumbent, has publicly endorsed Abdirahman Abdillahi Irro of the Waddani Social gathering, calling on residents to champion change.
Whereas many political analysts within the breakaway area predict an imminent defeat for Bihi, the president urged residents in a public handle to vote within the nation’s greatest curiosity, prioritizing recognition and stability above all else. He additionally pledged to just accept defeat ought to it turn into unavoidable.
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