The people of Somaliland went to the presidential and union elections this morning to choose the president for the next five years and the three parties that Somaliland will have.
There are three candidates competing in the presidential election: the incumbent president Muse Bihi Abdi, the candidate of the opposition party Wadani Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi (Irro) and the candidate of the opposition party UCID Faisal Ali Warabe.
President Bihi and the Nationalist Party candidate Abdirahman Irro are facing the toughest challenge; While Governor Faisal Ali Warabe is contesting for the fourth time, people are questioning the emergence of his party UCID, as he is facing the competition of seven organizations that want parties.
On the other hand, the security has been tightened, and a total curfew has been imposed in the big cities and troops have been deployed to guard the elections.
Somaliland is the only government that conducts elections by person and vote, and the people elect their leaders, which is very popular in Somaliland.
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