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Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Fahad Yassin's case rejected by Supreme Court

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 The country's Supreme Court has dismissed the case filed by Fahad Yassin against the Federal Electoral Commission, citing the Supreme Court's lack of jurisdiction to hear complaints about administrative decisions in the by-elections.


The Supreme Court, however, announced that it had rejected the E-Som petition. 17/2022, dated 07/04/2022 against the decision of the Electoral Implementation Commission, 24 hours after the Court heard the hearing of the case filed by the accused Fahad Yassin.


Also, the Court announced that it accepted, the objection of the Office of the Attorney General on behalf of the Federal Indirect Election Implementation Committee that the Supreme Court has no jurisdiction to hear complaints related to the 11th by-elections. of JFS.


The court affidavit, signed by Bashe Yusuf Ahmed, Salah Ibrahim Dhiblawe and Abdiaziz Mohamed Yusuf, ruled that the court had no jurisdiction to hear such a case, and that there was no provision in the Indirect Election Agreement that empowered it. In court.


The Court stated that the Electoral Disputes Resolution Committee, is responsible for adjudicating and resolving complaints arising from the decisions and actions taken by the two commissions, FEIT and SEIT, in accordance with Article 1 of the Commission's responsibilities and duties.


According to this article, anyone who has a complaint about a decision made by the two levels of the Electoral Commission or any action taken by these commissions must submit their complaint to the Electoral Dispute Resolution Commission, the body responsible for resolving electoral disputes. born of.


The move is a blow to Fahad Yassin, who believed the Supreme Court could, illegally, make him a Member of Parliament, and now has to comply with the FEIT Committee's decision to re-run the HOP086 seat. which is elected from Beledweyne.

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