Galmudug regional state parliament is scheduled to elect a new speaker and his two deputies on Friday.
Three candidates namely, Mohamed Nur Gacal, Abdinassir Adan Osman and Abdullahi Ahmed Alasow who fulfilled the requirements was cleared by the interim house election committee tasked to oversee the exercise tomorrow.
The candidates on the last-minute campaign to garner the support of the 89 members of the new parliament that were sworn in on Sunday that will decide via vote the next speaker and two deputies.
As a long-awaited Presidential election will follow after the house leadership.
Former Interior Minister, Abdirahman Odowa will battle out with former State Minister for Public Works, Ahmed Abdi Kariye and former Villa Somalia chief of staff, Kamal Gutale in the highly contested poll.






