The president and prime minister are at loggerheads over security at the polling station.
Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble wants the ATMIS operation to completely secure the tent, while President Farmajo wants the operation to be left to the Somali police force.
Meanwhile, members of the parliamentary election organizing committee said lawmakers from the two districts in Gedo could not go to the tent, as the chairman of the committee insisted that members had no right to decide on the participating lawmakers. elections and non-candidates.
Uncertainty remains over the holding of the election of the Speaker of the House of the People of the Federal Parliament scheduled to take place today at the Air Force Base Aficioone after a dispute between members of the Gedo region overwhelmed the House of the People.
The dispute has been discussed by senior government officials, with security issues also one of the reasons why the election is unlikely to take place today.
Somalia's police chief, General Abdi Hassan Mohamed Hijar, said that until they had the lists of candidates for the House of Representatives, they should have been submitted a day or two earlier.
He recommended that the election be postponed as the list of candidates had not been submitted.
"The list was not presented and we do not have anything. This shows me that we as the police are not responsible for the security of the election, and our advice is to postpone it for security reasons," said General Abdi Hassan Hijar.
Meanwhile, in a letter from the security minister, Abdullahi Mohamed Nur said he had suspended the police chief, accusing him of interfering in the election and attempting to obstruct the election of the speaker of the House of Representatives. said the deputy police chief will continue to work.
The security minister also warned the police not to get involved in politics.
In the meantime, other members of the House of the People's Electoral Commission held a press conference in Mogadishu last night and said that the election of the Speaker of the House will take place today but will not be attended by newly elected members from Gedo region. to prevent tensions from arising there.
The chairman of the election committee of the House of the People of the Federal Parliament Abdirizak Omar Mohamed said in a statement on his Twitter account that lawmakers have no right to decide who will attend the meeting and who will not, but that is up to the speaker. interim Parliament.
A statement from the Somali presidency said lawmakers elected in Elwak and Garbaharey will not run in the by-elections of the House of the People "without a consensus reached by the National Consultative Forum in accordance with the September 17, 2020 agreement. or the 11th Parliament does not enact a law to amend the law of the 10th Parliament which has already been approved by both Houses ".