i think since the were sorted, since the 70s, the warlords became a, became and became the ruling plus. and i think those are who were the cause of the misery or the culture. there are still running the country. and now we are in a crisis that they are responsible of. and so on the several season, lebanese parliament are expected to be passed home from an old relative to a younger member of the family as the political class, george lucas arnold, feeling good, and many would be waiting to see whether the newcomer succeed in bring didn't change you said the al jazeera beetle. ah, i'm only inside with the headlines on al jazeera, the palestinian authority says it welcomes the international support and investigating out his era journalist sharing a blacklist murder. by is there any forces she was laid to rest in?

occupant east jerusalem, 3 days off to israeli forces shorter in the head. thousands gathered for her funeral on friday. a funeral procession was disrupted when israeli forces a tut munez carrying her casket in strong widespread condemnation. but a muted response from the united states. the palestinian president mahmoud abbas has awarded the journalist, the star of jerusalem metal. he received a delegation from al jazeera where he committed to investigating her killing. he said he would not accept the israelis taking part in investigation. hundreds of people have been asked to rally in london to mock knocked the day and to read steph demonstrate his march through the city waving palestinian flags and pictures. offscreen. napa marks the expulsion of 700000 palestinians falling the creation of a state of israel. on may. 15th 1948 ukraine says russian

troops are withdrawing from the 2nd largest city of car keys after weeks of heavy bombardment. moscow said to have turned its attention to guarding supply brutes amid its military offensive in the east and don't yet. sc region. g 7 foreign messes have vowed to reinforce russia's economic and political isolation in a joint statement. they will say, said they would continue supplying weapons to ukraine, have also pledged to ease global food shortages. supreme council of the united arab emirates has elected shake mohammed ben side as the next president. it follows the death of his home brother. shake cliff had been on the young busy headlines inside stories next ah

long delay. so molly is to. busy her the boat to choose if the next president, the aim is to put an end to instability in this crucial region of africa. but is that possible for a nation facing several challenges? this is inside story. ah hello, welcome to the program. i'm hashim, alabama. after more than a year of delays, violence and uncertainty, somalia is ready to vote for its next president. the original plan was to hold a one person one vote election for the 1st time in 50 years. but security concerns,

as well as legal and financial realities, make that difficult. instead, somali is parliament will select the president would explain how that works in a moment. but 1st, this report from malcolm went in mogadishu shake sharif amid was president of somalia once before. and he wants to be president again. his government was credited with developing tamale's constitution and building the national army. after the central government collapsed in 1991. it was criticized for corruption. i want to build a government, it gives me rights to all the somali people and provide security and justice to some more known for trying to include all political functions than for specific policies. shake serif is widely seen as one of the strongest contenders is one of 39 candidates who have registered their post in line. this 3 in mogadishu,

one of them will go on to lead a government that doesn't control much of somalia beyond here, the capital sways of the countryside, controlled by the on group out. bob simone is don't even get to vote in this election. it's members of parliament who will elect the president, and the members of parliament were selected by clan representatives. everyone familiar with the process? say it's been mod 5 vote buying and corruption. another form, a president. shake mood, running a new say, why do you seen as a possibly winner? when he was in office, you an investigator said hi, this individual embezzled. last sum of money from the central bank. let's check the gun. the got once a peace activist, he's known as a negotiator and says men, the rest between somalia is federal, state incoming president mohammed up july for my job is running again.

he's lost support in parliament. his opponent say he divisive, made some money as armed, conflicts worth brought economic decline. he's promising change retiree point minister on the farm as i fell out, your opponent contender. the final outcome of the vote depends on who ends up supporting who it's very difficult to predict. you know, potential alliances at this stage, i think a lot of back room deals and under the table deals are happening as we speak. and they'll continue to happen until the 11th hour. just before dawn on sunday morning, she'll continue to make deals, members of parliament vote on sunday in a series of up to 3 rounds in the safety of mortgage issues green zone. far removed from most somalis, the regions, worst drought in decades is just one of the many challenges faced by millions of

people. and by somali is next leader malcolm web, al jazeera, mogadishu, somalia. let's take a look at how somali as voting process works. a group of a 135 glen elders choose more than 14000 delegates, representing different parts of the country than those delegates elect. representatives of the 2 houses of parliament. one is the house of the people with 275 members, and there's the senate chamber, which has 54 seats that have already been elected. both houses been elect the president through a secret ballot who appoints the prime minister, who in turn with form the cabinets. ah, let's bring in our gas in mogadishu, ali watson, a lecture of the east africa university and for the minister of education in the

point land state of somalia. in doha, or done ali somalia analyst who is a senior advisor to the mayor of mogadishu. also in mogadishu, mohammad malik, executive director of mccarty and also executive director of the somali up is forum . welcome to the program ali. how crucial is this election which is about she's over a year behind shadow all. oh, thank you very much on thank you. having me for helping me actually, i think it's a good to half an election after what year there was a time whereby we were expecting it may take longer, 2 years, 3 years. it may not even take place. so bringing the election here. i'm busing. all the hard on this, i think it's a good start and i think are we are now is sure it that that would be a president to be elected tomorrow. sure, that you will have a president,

but however, people are still concerned her done. the i did worse to implement a universal suffrage where people will decide the outcome of the election. what happens in this complex political landscape is that she have a bunch of elders who decide everything in somalia. isn't this something that is likely to just continue eroding public trust in the political system in the country? thank you for having the haitian. absolutely. i think some of these are tired of having elders decide their fates. it is a process that has been ongoing sale time in memorial. the last time we've had elections, public elections, one person, one vote was 3.4 decades ago. we were hoping that this time around somebody would get an opportunity for one person, one vote. it didn't happen, it's a failure of the current regime and we do hope that in the next government that is

a priority. number one, having a process that is led by i selected you create an opportunity for the massive corruption that we have seen in some money as a history in recent years. and this year actually probably marks any other election crushing that we have seen. so we are hopeful that in the next government, not even hopeful somebody is demand. we do get one person, one vote mohammed, one of the justification for abandoning the one person one vote and stick him with the indirect vote is that there are legal, financial, and stability issues that the country has to tackle before moving forward to that new approach. but as you know, klan divisions are endemic in somalia as in different parts of the region. how do you see this resolved in the future? i think that there is no justification other than it's easier to flee

a lesson where these are small, settled, people walk into elect a control abided by the officials. what being elected so, and i think for us to move beyond this, the as to b and b international demand. because someone in government and the sensitive and presence of the people. and we don't, we don't have a c and get it. we don't pay most of the government funds, we the, it would be our small trash on the government expenses for that reason the government does not feel that it needs to and to our last because and it doesn't feel it's to present us, it represents those will be it and those who pay it to don't care about the democratization. although they say they give us need service. and as we've seen for fat and a half years, they are not pushed for the nation. they have are,

here we are, i think, or others. if this continues next cycle it outdated, highly want to some the election was delayed for almost a year 15 months because of a huge divide between the president. well, how about the life of the module and the prime minister mohammed jose and who come from 2 different plans? do you think that this divide will continue to mount the political process, the elections, and the aftermath of the elections? look for my understanding, you know, is one of the factors dot beside is already said for somebody bullets, but it's not the only factor on a slot as we come close to it. but a special election that it's a lot of other things that make a decisive in this process. now, you are not the president for much. what's expected to how an election on time,

on universal suffrage actually does that how, but as we said, the brighten minister who made the last time was the savior. actually that what that extension illegal extension of 2 years for the ballot method. the going by lament. but i'll have the la, the primary sort of came on, you know, the whole process, the election was given to him. i think you to get very, but it wouldn't shift if the and the who completed the process. i don't expect the dog, you know, discontinue, because the likelihood of electing the carbon tinkle, but the percentage is unlikely on that if you will come in. so i think that that will be your fresh faith. ok. oh, done. 39 contender, the incumbent president, former president has been shift mohammed, former mayor of morgan issue form a prime minister, who stands the chance to become the president. it is a very crowded election cycle, and at this point,

really too close to call. i really have any favorite are the 2 former president hasn't listened with dish, but you also have the income for my jewels, who most likely many of the political observers think he will not return just given the dismal performance over the past 5 years, but not also not just performing poorly on key metrics, but you know, the overall political environment that he has created has really been, i'm earthing for somebody politics. like as you mentioned, the former prime minister happened and also attend contender. but really the country is looking for someone who can bring about unity, bring together the factored system that we have the political system that we've got . but also someone who can hit the ground running. because somalia had several huge

challenges that it must on day one. this government needs to tackle, as you know, there is severe drought across the country. news of somalia sort of ation. so really competent, someone who knows the ropes. i don't think we can afford to have a new company that you know that that will be learning on the job. but absolutely the 2 presidents are really the high, the for runners at this point. obviously, mohammed the only female candidate for the in a pretty much predominantly passed react society. do see it was a symbolic presence here. yes sir, not only symbolic, i think it shows that she has a launch. this is the 2nd time she's running and she has them. but unfortunately inch it's been alley for to get anything. and there are, i think other of them was seeing it's are we have

a problem with the recycling old testament. and this 2 phone numbers are part of the reason why we're here. they are the ones who made sure that there's not russians or the other ones. what about the other ones and over over, so somalia goes to come in. and so i think we need someone, you, someone who has experience and governing as a mom who has integrity and unfortunately the people who are currently in for business and the kind of presidents, dont description. so it's are renovated by the stress or i'm sorry, but there is no, and i don't see, i don't see anyone and, and interested who can be anything so highly. this is what happens often times in somalia, the elders when they convene and when the elect, the delegates who select the prime minister,

the president who appoints the prime minister who chooses his cabinet is always against the backdrop of the key lands of somalia. don't afford to have in a misrepresentation here that good drug drug, the country into a civil war, which means that ultimately we're just going to see a replica of the similar former governments who have always been responsible for the embezzlement of public funds, corruption, violence, and instability. i don't see any optimism here about how to move forward. or actually, i disagree with, you know, life or the end of the term. not a very, very difficult called before election is ha, ha, ha, been in the country. we are having a bryan, but it's about finished the chop to be at least i get it off the 115 months late. and we half a content that is why not expect to get someone to come from the even these are the guys who are competing on will have to select one of them for my assessment to ask

you in order to someone said there is a chance, the forum it on it is very clear on, at this time a disjuncture. we need someone who have the experience we're gonna be have is someone who has an obese to be turned in on the job. when it is someone who knows the role be sworn or the government, while the expediency who can take it from there. and that's why the former president sponsorship ma moved on shift sheriff and the president of wonderland, denny and i in the form to be honest because they have some sort of government, some sort of experience. i think one of the key element is that not only that you not to be doesn't, not only to be, i don't know that you, but we need someone who can't being bought this together, who can make a compromise, who can heal the process on that is coming from these guys and i, i've been optimistic, okay, a done the expectations of the somebody, people,

us. so one thing and then the expectations of the international committees, something different. they have been looking forward to see a political establishment, though that is widely going to become somehow a bulwark against the rise of al chavez. now, a shabby, took advantage of the political impasse further expanding their influence across the country. do you see them as the biggest challenge facing whoever comes to paula on sunday? absolutely, and i just want to echo, ah, what ali said are, we are actually they optimistic and hopeful that when this election wraps up and the new president will ayesha in addition. and depending on who ends up being at, obviously the, but ultimately i think, you know, the last 2 years. so mine is have shown a whole lot of political maturity given the background of 30 plus years of conflict in civil war. and the fact that we have rejected an attempt to subvert the ability

to, to actually hold the elections marks a clear, a hope, a clear hope for many people in terms of the international community. and it's in the money in our shop and all of that. and i think part of the problem in the past 5 years is in the community has played a bit of sort of a not really understanding the tract, somalia phases when it comes to the governing structure and what the current regime has been doing. and we do know that i'll shut up now, has much larger control over the country than when president, for my just took our power in 2017. obviously it is the biggest issue that we've got. but as much as that is the biggest issue that we've got security, political reconciliation and really having political agreement is, is very, very much important. as you know, president for my job has really launched an assault on the federal system that

we've got in somalia. and that has created a lot of and my city in chaos. and we hope the folks like has a shift with the president any are able to come in and hopefully bring some stability in you made the country as we look forward to fighting shot through lenses building government. how much is that possible moving forward with talking about one the causes of discontent, remain on somalia. perspective, what happens on sunday? i think the challenges are i miss and these are and i think the international community is on the goal is to my security. and because of that, they don't invest as much on other things. the issues are governance on democratization on and making sure government which is all the way the local level . so that was all the energy on security and that creates

a government sponsored. and obviously monster has no legitimacy boarded. it's michelle best and saw what when the government lacks legitimacy, does not have the legitimacy to fight our claims to be able to function a bit, districts of the villages of the cancer government kind of do that. and i think we need to invest more on governance, democratization, and then we can focus on security on we're going to them complimentary together. but the national and international community support is mostly ok to be a problem for anyone who are early or the same time you have somebody is jose election will be just step one. what should come 1st step to which is a new political agreement between all the components of the somebody society that would pay the ground for a new constitution. and you political establishment that could be conducive to shaping the face of a new somalia. that would lead the nation in the future to the general suffrage

election that people hope will bring about new fiber and democracy to the country. her, as you said, and we all agree here. the, the, the what, what lice in front of the new government is ready. but it huge. but i think you, one of the key element is that trusted, you know, trust a deficit and does what was created for the last several years. i think somalia, anyone who camecia, they will give time, they will give him at least an honeymoon for one year to do what he was supposed to or she was somebody to do. i am expecting that that will be someone who take the priorities, knowing how to take the country forward and bring the saw mileage to go. that does preserve the federal system, which was the cornerstone of our system. i'm getting all about this together. i saw marliss. i'm pretty sure that we will win if we will work to ok and i think that negates the government. we need

a unifier compromise or bringing people together and healing off the excursion off the bus o. done. but don't you see that the next president won't have the luxury of time because you're facing the worst drought in the and in almost a decade, millions going hungry. the international community and the donors in particular are looking for signs of stability. democracy to commit more pledges and more assistance for the country. it seems that is going to be an extremely delicate task for the, for the president. i mean, absolutely. there is no time to waste. as i said, you know, the new government, the president needs to hit the ground running and i think that's why some continues are much more apt to be able to meet those challenges. and the one i do believe president has a share sense to, to be a serious you know, person who's able to deliver that has been the experience and the capacity to be

able to perform. i think denny as well and it should if so, and i think from those perspective, absolutely, we don't have time. but at the end of the day, as i said to we have had 5 years or really traumatic political experience across the board. anything someone is, are much more factor today than they were 2017 priority number one is to really ensure that unity is really worked on immediately political reconciliation, healing is, is, is prior to number one. otherwise we will not have the security in political and stability that we're looking for. so whoever becomes president and in somalia has a tall order to meet on the one. obviously as, as my colleagues mentioned, international community expects. you know, the person who comes in is able to deliver a, b, and c. i think someone is need to figure out what needs to be delivered a, b,

and c, and rally behind the new president mohammed the the since they don't follow dictator seattle, 9 to 9 to one the, the hope was basically to change the country to bring about reconciliation and stability of our dream has been elusive. will help us off to sunday. are you optimistic in the sense that although that's very slow, we have had a continuous movement in the general general direction. it's not as effective as i wanted. it's not as i wanted, and it's not as fast as they don't want it, but it's been slow and misconduct sense. but i know the fact that the new president is going to have you do the immediate problems with different states electrons you'd probably be involved in it. so in that sense and the only way i see

ford focus group is that the donors will find the government to be my democracy, to demand and move to us a bit insurgence, you know, in a way that the government last so yeah, yeah. thank you. thank you, i really appreciate your contribution and i'm looking forward to having the same conversation with you when we know who's going to become the next president of somebody. i want some hold on. i didn't have that about it. thank you, and thank you for watching. you can see the program again any time by visiting our website al jazeera dot com for further discussion. go to our facebook page. that's facebook dot com, forward slash ha insights thought you can also join the conversation on twitter. our hand, it is a j inside story from the hash in iowa, and the entire team here in doha bye for now.

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