On 6th February, NIEC Chairperson Ms. Halima Ismail held a meeting with Swedish ambassador to Somalia Mr. Staffan Tillander at the Commission’s offices in Mogadishu. The Chair updated the ambassador on the electoral Commission’s preparations for the upcoming universal suffrage elections slated to be held end of 2020. The chair and ambassador thanked both houses of Parliament for ensuring the electoral law to be ready in time for the elections (the election bill has already been passed by the lower house and is currently before the Senate and expected to pass it soon).
Mr. Tillander thanked the Commission for heir preparations and assured the Chair of Sweden’s support to the Commission as it gears up to conduct the forthcoming general elections. In closing remarks, Ms. Ismail thanked the Swedish government for their support and contribution towards Somalia’s Electoral process