Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble on Saturday appointed a ministerial-level committee to verify complaints against some members of the Electoral Commissions of both regional and federal levels to ensure transparency in the coming elections.

Speaking to the media in Mogadishu, Abdirahman Yusuf ALcadaala, the country’s deputy information minister said that the committee received complaints from 67 members of the electoral commission and will resolve the issues in accordance with 17 September agreement  and other subsequent agreements that followed.

According to the deputy minister, Somalia prime minister instructed the committee to remove all government’s civil servants and members of the armed forces from both regional and federal levels of the electoral commission to ensure that elections are held in fair, fair and transparent manner.

"In an effort to ensure that the country's elections are free and fair, Prime Minister Roble instructed our committee to include additional measures in response to complaints from politicians.” Abdirahman Yusuf, Somalia’s deputy minister of information said, "These include the fact that the electoral commission be excluded civil servants at all levels and members of the armed forces”

The electoral commission was on of the most disputed commissions and the council of the presidential candidates accused president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo for handpicking the committee in attempt to manipulate the election.   Among the 67 disputed member committee members include Abdinur Mohamed Ahmed, Acting Presidential chief of Staff and Farmaajo’s right hand man.  The same man was recently accused for press and human rights violations in a complaint submitted by Mustaqbal Media to the office of Somalia’s attorney general.

Many analysts believe resolving the issues of the  electoral commissions is key to transparent elections and will further safe the country into plunging into crisis.

At least 100,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in Mogadishu following an outbreak of violence in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, after Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo extended his term of stay in power for two more years, until Somali prime minister Mohamed Hussein Roble intervened and reversed  the situation.

Somalia Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble was widely credited for striking a historic electoral agreement with the federal member states and backed by council of the presidential candidates.