By Shire Abdi - Reporter
MOGADISHU, Somalia (Dawan Africa) – Somalia’s Nabad iyo Nolol party (Peace and Life) has unveiled a party-based election model that would allow citizens to register and vote at the same polling station on the same day, saying the system would make voting easier, more accessible, and more transparent.
The proposal was presented during the second round of political talks in Mogadishu between the Federal Government of Somalia and opposition groups, facilitated by the Government of Türkiye. Thursday’s session was held specifically between the federal government and the Nabad iyo Nolol party.
Representatives from Türkiye, the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and the United Nations attended the meeting as part of ongoing international efforts to help resolve the political dispute over Somalia’s electoral framework.
According to Nabad iyo Nolol, the proposed model is straightforward, easy for voters to understand, and designed to ensure a transparent process that can be effectively monitored, making the outcome difficult to dispute.
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The party said the election would be conducted within a defined timeframe, allowing all eligible Somali citizens to participate freely. Under the proposal, voters would cast ballots for political parties, while parliamentary seats would be allocated proportionally based on each party’s share of the national vote.
Nabad iyo Nolol stressed that both the government and the opposition must agree on the election’s management and security arrangements to ensure a credible, widely accepted process capable of strengthening national unity.
The party added that its proposed model safeguards Somalia’s unity, political freedoms, and national sovereignty.
According to Nabad iyo Nolol, the proposal is not new but is based on an electoral model developed in 2018 during the administration of former President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo, with contributions from technical committees of the National Independent Electoral Commission, the Boundaries Commission, and other federal government institutions.