The Somali Parliament unanimously approved on Saturday the establishment of direct universal suffrage and the transition to a presidential regime. This constitutional revision concretizes the promise - often repeated but never applied until now - of a vote according to the principle "one person, one vote" In the next presidential election, scheduled for May 2026, the post of Prime Minister must be replaced by a vice-president, elected with the head of state on a single ballot.
The elections have taken place until now according to a complex indirect process, a source of power struggles and instability.