Skip to content

Government Publishes Facilitation Guide On Electoral Process In 2016 Agreed upon at the 1st National Consultative Forum

Storyline:National News

The Facilitation Guide on the electoral process in 2016, which was agreed upon by all the participants in the first plenary of the National Consultative Forum held in Mogadishu on the 19th and the 20th of October, has just been published by the Federal Government of Somalia.

The Federal Government of Somalia is employing the Facilitation Guide to guide consultations on the 2016 electoral process at the state and regional levels.

This Facilitation Guide is intended to pave the way to an electoral process in 2016 aiming to achieve “enhanced legitimacy” through a broader, more inclusive process.

The Guide stipulates the processes and procedures to be followed to ensure a legitimate process that incorporates views from all sections of Somali society.

The Guide presents four different options for the creation of an electoral college, which in turn will elect the Federal Parliament: formation of a nation-wide electoral college to elect all 275 members of parliament (MPs); establishing electoral colleges in each of the existing and emerging federal states to elect the MPs; formation of district-level electoral colleges based on the 1991 administrative divisions of the country; and using a clan-based electoral college as was used in 2012, but with wider representation.

These options will be presented to the general public through an elaborate three-month consultative process, which began with the first National Consultative Forum in Mogadishu.

It will now be extended to existing and emerging federal states including Puntland, Jubbaland, SWA, Galmudug, and Mogadishu.

Find Guide Here:

Facilitation-Guide