HARGEISA — Abdulrisak Jama Omar “Iyaale”, the Chairman of Political Association and Registration Committee, said that he will be sending a two separate delegation to eastern and western provinces in the country for assessment missions.
Speaking to local press on Saturday, Mr. Iyaale, who heads the seven-member committee responsible for the registration of political parties, said during their mission the committee will assess the pre-election environment and the preparations for the regional and municipal elections due on April 2012.
They will visit various towns and district to review, oversee and study regional electoral offices and political parties’ programmes and activities.
The chairman further mentioned that the delegation will assess electoral matters such as political engagement, levels of participation, public awareness issues and party campaigns on regional and district levels.
He urged the heads of political organizations in the regions to make their offices available while the mission is underway in order to conduct thrill assessment as the bylaws of the commission stipulates.
The committee will also identify social justice, economic and environmental issues relevant to the regional communities. Furthermore, they will note down key leaders or people responsible for each party in the concerned region or district.
This will be the first such trip by the committee since they were appointed by a Presidential decree and took the oath of office in front of Somaliland’s Chief Judge Yussuf Ismail Ali in October 2011.
The committee was formed after President Silanyo lifted a ban on more political party formations to help identify social and political issues as choices that could go beyond those of the three dominant political parties. Prior to his election in June 2010, the government of President Riyale feared opening a Pandora’s box on the subject could prove impossible to close. It argued each tribe or region would create their own political party and Somaliland was only 3 million people and thus three parties were enough.
Since the ban was overturned, more than 15 political parties have registered with the Committee. Political parties and candidates must meet the eligibility requirements under legislation which includes that a party must receive at least 20 percent of the popular vote from four of Somaliland’s six regions in order to advance to the next stage.
Like the recent popular reality shows, the upcoming regional and municipal elections will determine which political party survives the cut.
The members of the committee are:
1. Abdulrizak Jama Omar (Iyaale)
2 Abdalle Ibrahim Muhammad
3. Hassan Ahmed Duale
4. Omar Hassan Jama
5. Muhammad Ahmed Abdulmalik
6. Adan Gedi Qayadi
7. Ismail Abdullahi Ali
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