Voter Registration Began Smoothly in Sool Region
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 2:16 pm
Voter Registration Began Smoothly in Sool Region
Las Anod (JMG) – Voter Registration
began in the 6th and last region of
Somaliland yesterday in a peaceful, quite and normal pattern with greater representation of the joint, the opposition, members of parliament and the governors of Sool Region and the district of Buhoodle.
Voter registration began in the 160 stations with 34 in Las Anod (the regional capital) early in the morning, with the exceptions of four stations.
Regional correspondent, Mr. Keyse Ahmed Digale in a dispatch said; “Voter registration began on time, but the queues in many stations were short. Many people said that this was due to lack of experience.”
NEC officials in Las Anod said; “WE are not surprised by the short queues. It issimilar to the first day of Voter Registration in the other 5 regions. We hope that the momentum will increase.”
Among the dignitaries who took part in a especial ceremony for launching voter registration in Sol region were Somaliland Vice President, Ministers of Defense, Interior, Foreign Affairs, other cabinet members, chairmen of the opposition parties an executive member of the ruling party, members of both houses of Parliament and other high ranking officials.
This is the first time that heavy weights from the state councils, the political parties attended a ceremony in Las Anod.
Jamhuuriya Online
Las Anod (JMG) – Voter Registration
began in the 6th and last region of
Somaliland yesterday in a peaceful, quite and normal pattern with greater representation of the joint, the opposition, members of parliament and the governors of Sool Region and the district of Buhoodle.
Voter registration began in the 160 stations with 34 in Las Anod (the regional capital) early in the morning, with the exceptions of four stations.
Regional correspondent, Mr. Keyse Ahmed Digale in a dispatch said; “Voter registration began on time, but the queues in many stations were short. Many people said that this was due to lack of experience.”
NEC officials in Las Anod said; “WE are not surprised by the short queues. It issimilar to the first day of Voter Registration in the other 5 regions. We hope that the momentum will increase.”
Among the dignitaries who took part in a especial ceremony for launching voter registration in Sol region were Somaliland Vice President, Ministers of Defense, Interior, Foreign Affairs, other cabinet members, chairmen of the opposition parties an executive member of the ruling party, members of both houses of Parliament and other high ranking officials.
This is the first time that heavy weights from the state councils, the political parties attended a ceremony in Las Anod.
Jamhuuriya Online