2024 Jubaland presidential election
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Indirect presidential elections schedule in the Somalian state of Jubaland on November 25, 2024. The president should have been elected by members of the House of Representatives in the state's capital Kismaayo and were the third election since the state's formation in 2013. Preceding the elections, a new Parliament Speaker and Deputy Speaker was set to elected on November 22, 2024, by the House of Representatives of Jubaland. The shortlist of candidates includes incumbent president Ahmed Madobe and officials from the Jubaland and Somali federal government, former government ministers and notable local businessmen.
Background
[edit]On March 31, 2024, Puntland withdraws its recognition of the federal government due to a constitutional crisis caused by the federal parliament's adoption of changes to a disputed provisional constitution without consulting Puntland, under which the President and Government were originally elected.[1]
On November, 3 2024, Jubaland invited their Members of Federal Parliament from the state to come to Kismayo for discussions, after rising tensions between Jubaland and the federal government, and the resignations of State Minister of Planning, Abdirashid Jire and a Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Education, following day Jubaland cut ties to Federal Government of Somalia.[2]
Timeline
[edit]Speaker of House of Represenetatives
[edit]- Speaker and Deputy Speakers deadline 20.
- Speaker and Deputy Speakers speech.
- Speaker and Deputy Speakers November 21.
President and Vice-president
[edit]- Presidential candidates deadline 23.
- Presidential candidates speech 24.
- Scheduled November 25.[3]
Incidents
[edit]- On November 4, 2024, a delegation of mediators from Kenya was led by the former IGAD Executive Secretary, Mahboub Maalim, the former IGAD Special Representative for Somalia, Mohamed Abdi Affey, and the former Senator for Wajir County, Abdirahman Ali Hassan arrived in Kismayo to meet president Ahmed Madobe, after President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, requested from the Kenyan government to work towards finding a solution to the tension between Jubaland and Federal Government of Somalia.[4]
- On November 18, 2024, Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre rejected Ahmed Madobe's candidacy in Jubaland as 'Illegal' to be a presidential candidate.[3][5]
- On November 19, 2024, Mursal Siad Mohamed, the Chairman of the Jubaland Electoral Commission, chaired a meeting with the traditional elders of Jubaland's tribes as they submitted the list of new members for the Third Jubaland House of Representatives. The commission also announced the new Members of Parliament and confirmed that the election for the Speaker of the Jubaland Parliament is scheduled to take place on November 21.[6]
Candidates
[edit]- Ahmed Mohamed Islam, incumbent president
- Mohamed Abdullahi Salad, former Somali minister of ports.
- Abdi Ali Rage, former minister Jubaland
References
[edit]- ^ "Somalia's Puntland refuses to recognise federal government after disputed constitutional changes". Reuters. 2024-03-31. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
- ^ "Jubaland Leader Summons Federal MPs to Kismayo for Crisis Talks Amid Resignations". Garowe Online. 2020-06-30. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
- ^ a b "Somalia PM: Ahmed Madobe's Re-election Bid in Jubaland Illegal". Garowe Online. 2020-06-30. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
- ^ "Waa kuwama saddexda nin ee Kenya kasoo jeeda ee dhexdhexaadinaya dowladda federaalka iyo Jubaland?". BBC News Somali (in Somali). 2024-11-14. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
- ^ "Jubaland maxay ka tiri hadalkii uu ra'iisulwasaare Xamse ku dhaliilay madaxdeeda?". BBC News Somali (in Somali). 2024-11-18. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
- ^ "Guddiga Doorashada Jubaland oo lagu wareejisay liiska Xildhibaanada cusub ee Jubaland". www.hiiraan.com. Retrieved 2024-11-19.