MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s Prime Minister, Hamza Abdi Barre, arrived in Baidoa on Thursday, the interim capital of Southwest State, to take part in a high-profile ceremony marking the sixth anniversary of Abdi Asis Laftagaren’s election as regional president.
Previous to the Prime Minister’s go to, Speaker of Parliament Adan Madobe arrived in Baidoa to attend the ceremony, the place the incumbent president of Southwest State will commemorate his sixth 12 months in workplace.
Laftagaren, whose preliminary four-year time period was prolonged by two years—an extension his opposition deems unlawful and unconstitutional—faces uncertainty concerning whether or not his tenure can be additional extended.
This 12 months’s celebration of Laftagaren’s tenure comes amidst a deepening political disaster surrounding the nation’s elections, with the federal authorities and regional leaders, together with Laftagaren himself, advocating for a one-person, one-vote system that many deem unfeasible at current, whereas being staunchly opposed by Jubaland and Puntland states.
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