Hiiraan Online
Friday, January 30, 2009
Djibouti (HOL) - The presidential election has just began in the presidential headquarter of Djibouti in Djibouti city.
More than 10 candidates are competing for the position and one of them will be elected by the 400 lawmakers in the newly enlarged Parliament of the country. These candidates have put forward proposals to solve the country’s problems.
Among the most prominent candidates are Sheik Shariif Sheik Ahmed and Nur Hasan Hussein (Nur Ade). Other candidates include Maslah Mohamed Siyaad Bare, Ali Khalif Galeyr, Yusuf Omar Azhari, Hasan Abshir Farah and Mohamed Mohamud Guled Ga’ma Dhere. Mohamed Qanyare Afrah announced last night that he has withdrawn his candidacy.
The election will be conducted through secret ballot and the winner will take oath of office tomorrow and will fly to Addis Ababa on Sunday to attend the African Union head of states meeting.
The United Nations, Djibouti and the international community have been working hard for the realization of a unity government for Somalia. Comparatively, this would be the shortest meeting to form a Somali government in the last 19 years.
HOL will be updating its readers on minute by minute basis on the development of this historic event.