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A constitutional crisis developed in Somalia when the Somali President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, changed the Constitution of Somalia on April 30, 2024. The change was strongly opposed by the President of Puntland, Said Abdullahi Deni, and as a direct result, Puntland withdrew its recognition of the Federal Government of Somalia and declared itself an independent state based on Article 4 of the ...
The Federal Parliament is tasked with selecting the ultimate number and boundaries of autonomous regional states within the Federal Republic of Somalia. [5] [6] To this end, the legislature in December 2014 passed a law establishing the Boundary and Federalization Commission. [7] The body is mandated with determining the boundaries of the ...
The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS; Somali: Dowladda Federaalka Soomaaliya, DFS; Arabic: الحكومة الفيدرالية الصومالية) is the internationally recognised government of Somalia, and the first attempt to create a central government in Somalia since the collapse of the Somali Democratic Republic.
Somalia's semi-autonomous state of Puntland said on Sunday it has withdrawn from the country's federal system and will govern itself independently until constitutional amendments passed by the ...
8 August – Elections in Somalia: The Council of Ministers approves a bill that would revert the country's voting system to universal suffrage, ending indirect voting. The bill is headed to the Federal Parliament to be voted upon. [43] 17 August: Puntland executes 10 members of Al-Shabaab who were sentenced to death in Galkayo. [44]
In a press release, his party stated that the legislative and executive branches of Somalia's federal member states should be governed by their own regional constitutions, as outlined in Article 120 of the Provisional Federal Charter. He urged Somalia's federal leaders to respect the country's Constitution. [6] Former prime minister Hassan Ali ...
Formed in August 2012, it is based in the capital Mogadishu and is bicameral, consisting of an upper house which represents federal states and a lower house. The Federal Parliament of Somalia elects the President and has the authority to pass and veto laws, [6] and consists of a 275-seat lower house as well as an upper house capped at 54 ...
As part of the official "Roadmap for the End of Transition", a political process devised by former Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gaas which provides clear benchmarks leading toward the establishment of permanent democratic institutions in Somalia by late August 2012, [3] members of Somalia's then ruling Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and other administrative officials met in the ...