MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somaliland’s impartial electoral fee introduced on Tuesday that opposition chief Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro emerged victorious within the presidential election held on November 13, defeating incumbent President Muse Bihi Abdi.
Irro secured 63.92% of the full votes forged within the breakaway area, delivering a decisive victory over incumbent President Muse Bihi Abdi, who garnered 34.81%. One other opposition candidate, Faysal Ali Warabe, obtained a mere 0.74%. Irro’s commanding win marks one of many largest vote margins within the area’s historical past, underscoring a historic mandate for the newly elected president.
Native political figures, together with UCID opposition celebration chief Faysal Ali Warabe and Kaah celebration head Mohamud Hashi Abdi, swiftly prolonged their congratulations to Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro following his electoral triumph. They had been quickly joined by regional leaders, with Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Djibouti’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh providing their felicitations to the newly elected Somaliland president instantly after the outcomes had been introduced.
Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi, whose reputation has sharply declined in recent times as a consequence of his dealing with of the Lasanod battle, widespread corruption, and hovering inflation and unemployment, had pledged to just accept the election outcomes if defeated. He has been recommended for his daring and principled choice to permit the electoral course of to unfold with out interference, guaranteeing the election was carried out peacefully and with respect for the independence of the electoral fee.
Bihi has additionally fallen out of favor with the leaders of neighboring Djibouti and Somalia, primarily as a consequence of his controversial choice to lease land alongside the Crimson Sea to Ethiopia. Their immediate congratulations to Irro sign a possible shift in regional dynamics, suggesting that the brand new chief might search to distance Somaliland from Ethiopia’s contentious deal, aiming to defuse the rising tensions and avert a looming disaster within the Horn of Africa.
Somaliland is poised to expertise one other easy transition of energy, a trademark of its stability over the previous three many years. This custom has established Somaliland as a uncommon beacon of fine governance within the Horn of Africa, a area lengthy beset by battle and characterised by leaders who typically cling to energy.
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