Hargeysa, October 13, 2007 – A ceremony was held Thursday at Maansoor Hotel in Hargeysa in which all three Somaliland political parties, UDUB, KULMIYE and UCID signed an agreement to uphold the decision made recently by the Somaliland Elections Commission to reschedule both, the Presidential and local-government authorities elections until the summer of 2008.

The agreement was signed by the chairman of the National Elections Commission, Muhamed Yusuf Ahmed, the chairman of the KULMIYE party, Ahmed Muhamud Muhamed (Sillanyo), the chairman of the UCID, Eng. Faysal Ali Waraabe and the secretary-general of UDUB, Muhamud Ismaciil Bulaale.

The main tenets of the accord are as follows.

1. All voter registration to be completed by June 10th, 2008.
2. Elections for Local Assemblies to be conducted on July 1st, 2008.
3. The Elections for the President of Somaliland to be held on August 31st, 2008.
4. That any obstacles to this schedule be resolved through dialogue and discussion.

Source Somaliland Times