The electoral process in Somalia is peculiar and complex. For a start, it is Selection process and citizens are not directly participating in the process.
As the reconfigured Federal Electoral Implementation Team (FEIT) has re-elected its chairperson, insiders are expecting the FEIT to collide head-on with the by PM Rooble appointed Technical Election Support Team due to major overlap of mandates.
With the State Electoral Implementation Team (SEIT) of Somaliland and Banadir community in disarray, Prime Minister Rooble remains silence.
The Banadir community are complaining about interference. Some of the elders stated that NISA and the office of the president are competing to influence the process of establishing a SIET for Benadir and that these interferences are causing a lot of unrest and delays.
Due to FGS interference, the Somaliland SIET ended up having a parallel process that brought about two competing SIET. Rooble not only remained silent on this development, but members he proposed to the Somaliland SIET and his Deputy Prime Minister have been actively undermining the process.
It is not yet clear what this means for the ambitious timetable, but it is clear that the situation is ripe for an intervention.