PROSPECTS FOR SOMALIA’S TRANSITION FROM CLAN-BASED POLITICS TO MULTIPARTYISM IN THE

The making of this law paved the way for the subsequent establishment of the NIEC, the institution in charge of the conduct of national elections in the country. [...] It governs the provisional and full registration of political parties; the rejection of multiple registration attempts; the alliance and merger of political parties; the composition of individuals allowed to join political parties; the rights and privileges of political parties; deregistration; financial governance; and resolution processes for disputes among parties.16 With regard to the four sch. [...] The legal assignment left on the desk of the Farmaajo government was the task to conclude the reminder of the electoral legislation and constitutional review processes. [...] For instance, according to one critic, the Political Parties Law and electoral laws were reviewed and enacted hurriedly, and the new electoral law was tailored to benefit the president’s and prime minister’s personal ambitions.28 Moreover, according to the critic, the commission was in practice under the control of both the government that established it in 19 Ayare Elmi, ‘The Politics of the Elec. [...] The continued rows between the FGS and FMSs stem mostly from the provisional constitution, which does not clearly demarcate the power of each level of the federal government, also present trouble for the holding of direct elections and for reaching consensus on the political process.57 The rift between the FGS and FMSs was again problematic in Somalia’s 2020/21 stalemate over the modality of elect.