Abdi Ibrahim
Abdi Ibrahim

@aiabdimusa

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The lack of professional reporters in #Somaliland with the ability to fact check even basic facts is a problem.
This problem is obvious when wadani claims they are the majority party when in fact they are not.
Repetition of that lie makes people into believers. πŸ‘‡πŸ½
So in this thread we will examine that claim by using only the numbers from the last parliamentary and local council elections. πŸ‘‡πŸ½
First, here’s the parliamentary elections results as released by the #Somaliland Electoral Commission.
You can clearly see Wadani won that with a slim majority of 1 MP and 2134 votes.πŸ‘‡πŸ½
But if you take into account that MP Barkhad Batuun with 21k votes, was voted in by a bipartisan group of voters across party and districts lines of Maroodi Jeex then it becomes evident Kulmiye got more votes per MP than Wadani. πŸ‘‡πŸ½
Similarly if you look at the local council elections, you will notice Kulmiye recd 7974 more votes even with the 26k votes of Mayor Mooge who like MP Barkhad was also voted across party & district lines.πŸ‘‡πŸ½
Taking a small percentage of say maybe 20% or even 30% from both these MP Barkhad and Mayor Mooge would have given Kulmiye even a larger margin in both elections but hey who’s counting?

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