![]() 1 Reuters, ‘Somalia says it will revert to direct vote for officials starting next year,’ The decision coincided with the first statewide direct municipal elections in the semi-autonomous northern Somali state of Puntland in May, marking the first state to do so after Somaliland. ![]() Under the indirect voting system, members of the parliament and senate elect the president, while clan delegates elect lawmakers in the federal government as well as regional member states. ![]() The decision to grant universal suffrage deviates from the indirect electoral system that, for over three decades, gave power to clan-based politics. In May 2023, the Somali government announced that a one-person-one-vote system will be introduced in the next national and local elections. Political Crisis Deepens as Somalia Transitions to Direct Elections
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