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Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo called a meeting in the capital, Mogadishu, to deliberate on the stalemate in the elections.
The proposed two-day meeting will be held on Thursday and Friday.
Opposition leaders have called for protests over the government’s failure to hold elections.
The demonstrations are scheduled for Friday in Mogadishu.
The president’s office tweeted that Thursday’s meeting will discuss the Sept. 17 election deal:
HE President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo convenes a two-day Leadership Consultative Summit to be held in #Mogadishu from February 18 to 19, 2021. The Federal Government, the Federal Member States and the Benadir Administration will discuss the electoral agreement of September 17, 2020.
– Villa Somalia (@TheVillaSomalia) February 17, 2021
Somalia missed the December 2020 deadline for holding elections and the president’s term ended in February 2021.
A parliament resolution allows the president to remain in office until a successor is chosen, but the opposition has accused him of illegally holding onto power.
The September 2020 agreement between the federal government and regional leaders approved an indirect election model for parliamentary and presidential elections.
Source: BBC
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