Somalia's Parliament Prepared To Choose A New President

Somalia's Parliament is scheduled to vote for a new President of the country, Monday (10/9/2012) amid concerns of this historic election, an influential lot to political conditions of the country.

Referred to as the land of the old milestone dikoyak the war, Somalia's first presidential election in the last few decades is expected to ease two decades of war.

For the sake of security, the presidential race would do the members were held at the Academy parleman Police guarded Mogadishu.

More than 20 candidates for these positions include President and current Prime Minister, as well as a number of prominent Somalis in the overseas back to the land.

If no one WINS that took two-thirds of votes in the first round and won the majority of votes in the second round, then the selection will take place until the third round.

Since civil war broke out after the country in the Horn of Africa was in 1991, practically no effective central Government in Somalia.

Thus, the presidential election is seen as the cusp of the road map for peace sponsored by the United Nations and the African Union to halt armed conflict already takes up tens of thousands of inhabitants.

This presidential election could be fulfilled upon the role of the African Union forces, Kenya and Ethiopia who successfully urged the militant group Al-Shabab in many areas of the country.

The success of the African Union forces that not only make the presidential election could be held but the General conditions in parts of Somalia started relatively safe that some refugees had started to dare to go back to his hometown.

Corruption and Fraud

However, the conditions began to improve this corruption offence and consequently polluted already resulted in a number of setbacks.

Several presidential candidates and a number of prominent Somali criticized presidential election process. They said the current system with a new Government will not be so different from the old Government.

A number of diplomatic sources mengatkan millions of US dollars poured to pay for members of Parliament to vote back current President, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed.

That source said money millions of US dollars that came from the Somali businessman in the Gulf countries. Some of them have bahlan connection with the warlords to maintain the status quo.

The Office of the Presidency of Somalia so far could not be reached for comment about the bribery accusations prompted for it.

However, on many occasions the President Sheikh Ahmed has always disputed the validity cheats to win the presidential election of Somalia.