NAIROBI Teez Tabor Lions Jersey , July 10 (Xinhua) -- Somalia in partnership with multilateral allies is working on modalities of institutionalizing political pluralism through registration of parties ahead of 2021 polls, an official said on Monday.
Chairperson of Somalia's National Independent Electoral Commission (NIEC), Halima Ibrahim said that registration of political parties that have sound policy and legal structures will pave way for realization of "one person one vote" ideal aimed at promoting participatory democracy in the horn of African state.
"We have created an office for registering political parties headed by a former minister. In the last two years, we have gained new ground in strengthening institutional capacity of political parties through registration and financing," Ibrahim.
She spoke in Nairobi during a workshop on strengthening the institutional capacity of Somalia's polls body to facilitate political parties registration and financing attended by experts from Arab and African states.
The three-day workshop was supported by the UN Integrated Electoral Support Group (IESG) in partnership with the Arab Electoral Management Bodies Organization (ArabEMBs) and UNDP Regional Hub for Arab States.
Ibrahim said that Mogadishu is keen to gain expertise from bilateral partners in Africa and the Arab World on how to reconstruct political institutions after decades of civil strife.
"Our country has suffered from collapse of political institutions and we are ready to learn from experiences of Arab and African countries as we register more political parties to participate in the upcoming elections," said Ibrahim.
The Somalia government in September 2016 enacted a law to govern registration and regulation of political parties before the country hold national polls based on one person one vote in 2021.
Ibrahim said Somalia polls body has established structures to embed political pluralism in the country's nascent democratization agenda.
"We have prepared a manual (booklet) to guide registration of political parties and have set up mechanisms to promote a harmonious working relationship with them," said Ibrahim, adding that Somalia's poll body has embarked on public awareness campaigns to promote the concept of multipartism.
The Political Parties Registration Office set up in May by Somalia government and its multilateral partners marked a new chapter in the Horn of African country's quest to entrench political pluralism.
Director and Chief Electoral Advisor at the UN Integrated Electoral Support Group, Gerald Mitchell said that formation of political parties with solid structures will hasten Somalia's rebirth.
"Rebuilding democratic institutions in Somalia hinges on creation of professionally run political parties," Mitchell remarked adding that the era of participatory democracy in Somalia is looming.
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MADRID, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Spain's gross domestic product (GDP)grew by 0.9 percent in the second quarter of the year, Spain'sStatistical Office (INE) confirmed on Thursday.
The figure is 0.1 percent higher than that of the first quarter,when the Spanish GDP had grown by 0.8 percent from the fourthquarter in 2016.
The INE explained that the growth was fueled by consumption,especially that of households, while investment and exports' growthhad slowed down.
On a year-on-year basis the country's economy grew by 3.1percent between April and June, with employment growing by 2.8percent, leading to 480,000 full time job opportunities, the INEhighlighted.
Spain's Minister of Economy and Competitiveness, Luis deGuindos, said that the government would revise up its economicforecast for 2017 which nowadays stands at 3 percent. De Guindosexplained that data of the first semester of the year predicts "astrong" GDP growth, close to 3.5 percent.
The minister emphasized that Spain will not get out of thecrisis until 1.5 million new jobs are created in the next twoyears, pointing out job creation as one of the government'spriorities. Enditem
TOKYO, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened lower Tuesday as investors were in a risk averse mood following the firing of a missile by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) over Japan before markets opened here.
As of 9:15 a.m. local time, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 140.99 points, or 0.72 percent, from Monday to 19,308.91.
The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, meanwhile, lost 8.82 points, or 0.55 percent, to 1,591.30.
Oil and coal product, insurance and bank-linked issues comprised those that declined the most in the opening minutes of trade.
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