
By Mohamed Dualeh
Horn Diplomat (Hargeisa) On Nov 28, Somaliland’s National Election Commission (NEC) announced the postponement of parliamentary and local councils scheduled to take place in March 2019.
Somaliland opposition parties, UCID and Waddani, criticised Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi and the National Electoral commission for the unilateral postponement.
The two main opposition parties said they objected to the electoral postponement. The chairman of Waddani party, Abdiqadir Ismail Jirdeh, reiterated the party’s lack of confidence in the electoral commission to plan and oversee postponed parliamentary and local councils election. The Deputy Secretary General of the UCID, Abdinasir Mohamed Hassan, has called for citizens to protest the postponement.
