Somalia is facing an imminent Constitutional Crisis, again

We will like to draw your attention to the imminent constitutional crisis Somalia is facing once again.
We decided to dedicate our Dhambal for this month to this looming crisis and to shed some light on the closing window of opportunity to address some of the core issues prior to the elections.

For the past decade, Somali stakeholders, the UN Family and the donors have succeeded in averting famine, government collapse and effectively mitigated both natural and man-made disasters.
All involved actors deserve to be commended for safeguarding the average struggling Somali to bear the additional burden of these disasters and for safely steering the country from a failed state to its current status of a fragile state. With this transition nearing completion, stakeholders need to abandon the old fire fire-fighting mindset and endorse the more long term strategic planning that is required, in line with the new emerging priorities and the needs of the country. It will be unwise to solely focus on fire-fighting and neglect the underlying constitutional cause as the country is preparing for elections that are yet fully anchored in the constitution.

Without an exception, the crises the country is experiencing can all be mitigated by prioritizing the importance of clear and unambiguous constitution.
The COVID-19, flood response and other efforts are being hampered by the lack of Intergovernmental Arrangements (Article 111F). The FGS recently released some of the resources it received last year to help flood victims of the previous flood in Hirshabelle. This came only after a tremendous amount of social pressure on Villa Somalia.
Another example is the unceasing FGS-FMS feud. Something that will continue to be a source of frustration and an obstacle to any tangible progress, unless the underlying constitutional questions are addressed as part of the Constitutional Review Process.