Breakthrough in the House? Five Members of NEC confirmed
It looks like the deadlock over the formation of
the new NEC is about to the end. After all sides, the government,
the House leadership, and the main opposition political party Kulmiye
accepted the ruling of High Court over the House's extension of
the term the old NEC members, Kulmiye named its missing nominee
to the NEC and the House agreed to start the confirmation process
for these new commissioners.
On June 2, the House finally convened to have the
vote on the seven nominees to the new NEC. In accordance with the
House procedures, the Sub-committee on Internal Affairs has vetted
the credentials of all seven candidates prior to the House vote,
to check whether the nominees have fulfilled the legal requirements.
The Chairperson of this sub-committee read its conclusions about
the seven nominees to the plenary of the House. According to the
sub-committee, three of the seven failed to fulfil the requirements.
They allegedly pretended to be younger than they are, failing to
meet the age limitation set for the candidacy.
Following the presentation, the Speaker of the House
asked the secretary to read out the CVs of the seven nominees. When
the House finally voted, five of the seven nominees were confirmed
and two were rejected.
 The
two rejected nominees interestingly have three things in common:
- They were the only two non-Isaaq nominees (Gadabursi and Warsangeli)
- They were the two Guurti nominees.
- They are two of the three who were found to be above age.
Though the confirmation of some of the members of
NEC is a positive development for the stalled electoral process,
the glitches are far from over. With the President currently abroad,
the re-naming of the Guurti nominees is likely to take time. Moreover,
the confirmation of all five Isaaq nominees including the one who
failed to meet the age requirement was seen by some as a clan-motivated
move that threatens to further polarise the House.
42 votes were required for any of the candidates to succeed. A
total of 67 (excluding the speaker) of Somaliland's 82 members of
parliament were present.
| Name |
Nominated by |
Sub-clan |
Yes |
No |
Abstain |
|
Mohamed Yusuf Ahmed
|
President |
Arap |
43 |
1 |
22 |
| Mohamed Ismail Mohamed (kabaweyne) |
President |
H. Yoonis |
52 |
|
15 |
| Jama Mohamoud Omar (Sweden) |
President |
H. Awal |
61 |
|
|
| Ahmed Mohamed Dahir |
Ucid Party |
Cidagale |
58 |
1 |
7 |
| Hirsi Ali Hassan |
Kulmiye Party |
H. Jeclo |
54 |
3 |
9 |
| Muse Ahmed (Musa Modoobe) |
Guurti |
Gadabursi |
35 |
11 |
18 |
| Mohamud Abdi Hamid (Nine) |
Guurti |
Warsangeli |
36 |
24 |
6 |
 |
Seal
at the doors of the NEC premises in March 2007.
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