In Somalia, 25 candidates will compete for the post of President.
All the 25 candidates have met the conditions required to run for Somalia’s landmark presidency.
The country’s Parliamentary Election Committee running the anticipated contest announced.
According to committee spokesman Osman Libah Ibrahim, 33 hopefuls had picked up the nomination forms by Thursday’s deadline while 25 were deemed to have met the required threshold.
Somali’s parliament will elect a new President as a number of obstacles including security considerations prevented the holding of a universal vote.
The candidates meeting the requirements include incumbent President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, outgoing prime minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, former premier Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo and current MPs Professors Ahmed Ismael Samatar and Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud.
The candidates are expected to address the new Federal Parliament on (today) September 7 and 8 and lay out their respective programmes should any of them be elected President.
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