The team associated with Deputy Prime Minister Mahdi Gulaid reelected Khadar Hussein as the Chairperson of Somaliland State Indirect Elections Team (SIET).
Hussein’s reelection was not without controversy after the team that supports Upper House Speaker Abdi Hashi skipped the polls.
All the seven members present at the polls voted for Hussein. They had voted for him initially before differences between the Deputy Prime Minister and Speaker Hashi prevented him from assuming office.
Omar Filish, the Mayor of Mogadishu and Governor of the Benadir Regional Administration (BRA), attended the polls.
He was in the company of Interior Minister Mukhtar Afah.