Somali prime minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has dismissed reports that the Mogadishu talks will seek to reopen the Agreement to reconsider reverting to the one polling station option as was in 2016.
In a statement, through Somali government spokesperson, Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimuu, PM Roble said the national consultative conference which opened on Monday will not discuss
“There are no plans to change the May 27th agreement,” said the spokesperson.
The talks on election process have entered its second day.
According to sources, the talks which are a first since the signing of the electoral agreement on May 27 are expected to formulate and adopt an elections schedule, approve the recently released security plan and set a framework for the selection of clan elders and delegates.
The May 27 Agreement states that clan elders together with civil society organisations will work with regional governments in the selection of the delegates who will in turn elect the 275 MPs.
According to PM office, the Federal Indirect Elections Team (FIET) is made up of 25 individuals while the Federal Dispute Resolution Mechanism comprises 21 members.
The teams will oversee the upcoming parliamentary elections.
The office of the PM also formed two federal and state-level electoral security teams.
In Security Plan developed by the Office of the Prime Minister, Roble drew the members mainly from the Somali Police Force and African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom).
The teams will be in charge of the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections.
The first team which is National Elections Security Committee (NESC) will be headed by prime minister Roble.
The NESC will be tasked with the security of Presidential elections which will happen in Mogadishu but also work closely with the state-level security committees.
Elections for the Banaadiri community and Somaliland both of which will happen in Mogadishu will be secured by the Banaadir Regional Electoral Security Working Group.
