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Farmaajo, Somalia federal state leaders reach polls deal
Somalia’s President Mohamed Farmaajo.
Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group
What you need to know:
- The new arrangement must be endorsed by parliament.
- It was endorsed by federal state presidents of Jubaland, Hirshabelle, Puntland, South West and Galmudug.
Somalia’s President Mohamed Farmaajo and five federal state leaders have reached a deal which effectively retains the clan-based system of delegate voting in the upcoming elections.
The new deal, which was reached after a five-day meeting in Mogadishu, revises the one reached last month between Farmaajo and three of the five states which chose to have 303 delegates voting for each of the 275 MPs of the Lower House.
