Somali President In Fresh Bid To End Election Impasse
Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has called for a meeting in the capital, Mogadishu, to deliberate the election's stalemate.
The proposed two-day meeting will be held on Thursday and Friday.
Opposition leaders have called for protests against the government's failure to hold elections.
The demonstrations are planned for Friday in Mogadishu.
The president's office tweeted that Thursday's meeting will discuss the 17 September elections agreement:
H.E President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo convenes a two days Leadership Consultative Summit which shall be held in #Mogadishu from 18-19 February 2021. The Federal Government, Federal Member States and Benadir Administration will discuss the 17 September 2020 elections agreement.
Somalia missed a December 2020 deadline to hold elections and the president's term ended in February 2021.
A resolution by parliament allows the president to stay in office until a successor is elected, but the opposition has accused him of illegally holding on to power.
The September 2020 agreement between federal government and regional leaders approved an indirect election model for both parliamentary and presidential elections.
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