The Center for Dialogue, Research and Cooperation (CDRC)'s paper in the light of realities
President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo on the wining stage February 8, 2017 “Blessed are the young, for they will inherit the national debt” said Herbert Hoover. In my case, blessed are the young, for they inherited the divided nation. On February 08, 2017 Somalia’s 275 members of parliament and 54 senators elected a new president, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (Farmajo). It was a surprise election result that very few, if not none, expected. With the presence of serious corruption allegations which have been made against the election process and the lack of universal suffrage, no one could dare to speculate that a pure result will come out of the election process. However, when Farmajo was declared as the winner, his election victory, his clean record from any corruption scandals and his high-level popularity couldn’t add up in Somalia’s last 25 and more years known political culture. This is what made the election result surprise one and many could ask why the election of a...