FILE PHOTO: A Somali youth holds the national flag, at Lido beach, Mogadishu's Abdiaziz District, Somalia June 18, 2021. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali lawmakers are expected to pick the country's new president on May 15, a parliamentary committee said on Thursday, the final step in a tortuous election process that has suffered delays due to a rift within the outgoing administration.
The selection of a president is a key step in establishing a new government, which must be in place by May 17 if Somalia is to continue receiving budget support from the International Monetary Fund on which it relies to pay essential bills.
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