The Partners for Transparency Foundation expresses through the African Corruption Observatory its dissatisfaction with the failure of the recent consultations held between the Somali political forces in the city of Tusmarin in central Somalia, in order to reach joint understandings to organize the presidential and parliamentary elections that were scheduled to take place on February 8, 2021.

However, the disagreement over the parliamentary seats for the Gedo region, which is located in the south of the country, stopped a stumbling block in the way of reaching any shared visions between these forces, as some analyzes indicate that the dispute was about President Farmajo's attempt to facilitate the arrival of a number of his relatives in this region to Parliament, at a time. In which the President of Jubaland wants to appoint a number of loyal personalities from the same region in Parliament.

This is one of the most important manifestations of political corruption in Somalia, as the parties do not promote the values of democracy and free choice, which is condemned by Partners for Transparency and considers it a clear violation of the principles and standards upon which the electoral process should be based.

The escalation of the disagreement between the Somali president, Muhammad Abdullah Farmajo and the president of Jubaland region, due to each of them blaming the other and blaming him for the failure of the consultations on the points of contention, could put Somalia in front of one of two tracks according to some analyzes:

the first: Extending the term for the presidency and parliament, which could cast a bad shadow over the country's stability, if it often results in more divisions among the competing elites.

The secondA new meeting between the parties should be held, but it must be emphasized that there are a number of requirements for this meeting to bear its fruits, among which are the seriousness and the desire to make real concessions that would fill the state of the constitutional void that could result from the continuation of division and disagreement, which is the path that it favors. Partners and invite Somali forces to walk in it.

Partners Foundation also warns that terrorist organizations, especially the Mujahideen Youth Organization, can benefit from the state of liquidity that may result from the absence of a central authority elected by citizens to carry out terrorist operations that would affect the existence and survival of Somali countries, as well as the security and stability of the Horn of Africa region. And East Africa.