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SOMALIA / PROVISIONAL CONSTITUTION
STORY: SOMALIA / PROVISIONAL CONSTITUTION
TRT: 3:20
SOURCE: UNSOM
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 01 FEBRUARY 2020, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
1. Med shot, banner of the public outreach campaign of the constitutional review process
2. Wide shot, Somalia’s federal Minister of Constitutional Affairs (MoCA), Salah Jama, arriving at the venue of the first consultative meeting, held in Mogadishu
3. Wide shot, Somalia federal Minister of Constitutional Affairs, Salah Jama, flanked by MoCA Senior Advisor Zahra Hassan Ali and other officials, listening during the opening ceremony of the public outreach campaign for the constitutional review process
4. Med shot, Somalia’s federal Minister of Constitutional Affairs, Salah Jama, flanked by other key officials, listening during the opening ceremony of the public outreach campaign on the constitutional review process
5. Wide shot, MoCA official giving his opening remarks
6. Med shot, MoCA official giving his opening remarks
7. Med shot, Somalia’s federal Minister of Constitutional Affairs, Salah Jama, listening during the opening ceremony
8. Close up shot, MoCA official listening during the opening ceremony
9. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Salah Jama, Minister of Constitutional Affairs:
"Our target as the Ministry is to start a public outreach campaign in close coordination with the committees. We are starting nationwide public consultations. Our people live both inside and outside the country. We wish to use various means to publicise the campaign. Those with access to technology and the internet can access the campaign online, or on radio or television.”
10. Wide shot, Ismail Yasin Mohamed, Director of Elections at the National Independent Electoral Commission (NIEC), making his presentation during the launch of the public outreach campaign on the constitutional review process
11. Med shot, NIEC Director of Elections making his presentation during the launch of the public outreach campaign on the constitutional review process
12. Wide shot, participants listening during the launch of the public outreach campaign on the constitutional review process
13. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Ismael Yasin Mohamed, Director of Elections at the National Independent Electoral Commission (NIEC):
"Today, while we know the country's situation, we also know locations where voters can register in Mogadishu or the Federal States. We have identified these locations. As soon as the electoral law is passed, voting materials are delivered, and polling centres opened, we will be ready to hold the election.”
14. Wide shot, Zahra Ali Hassan, MoCA Senior Advisor, making her presentation during the launch of the public outreach campaign on the constitutional review process
15. Med shot, participants listening during the launch of the public outreach campaign on the constitutional review process
16. Close up shot, participant taking notes during the launch of the public outreach campaign on the constitutional review process
17. Med shot, participants listening during the launch of the public outreach campaign on the constitutional review process
18. Med shot, Zahra Ali Hassan, MoCA Senior Advisor, making her presentation during the launch of the public outreach campaign on the constitutional review process
19. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Zahra Ali Hassan, Senior Advisor at the Ministry of Constitutional Affairs:
"Since the youth are tomorrow's leaders, it was vital for them to attend and understand these issues. We advised them to read and understand the provisional Constitution since it's about their life and future.”
20. Wide shot, Zahra Ali Hassan, MoCA Senior Advisor, giving a participant the opportunity to express his views during the launch of the public outreach campaign on the constitutional review process
21. Close up shot, participant sharing his views during the first meeting of the public outreach campaign on the constitutional review process
22. Wide shot, Zahra Ali Hassan, MoCA Senior Advisor, handing the microphone to another participant
23. Close up shot, participant sharing his views during the launch of the public outreach campaign on the constitutional review process
24. Med shot, participants taking notes during the launch of the public outreach campaign on the constitutional review process
25. Wide shot, Zahra Ali Hassan, MoCA Senior Advisor, responding to participants’ remarks
26. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Sharif Hussein Isse, Participant from the Somalia National Students Union:
"The reason we are here is to have our say, to ensure the Constitution captures our needs and views. I thank the Ministry of Constitutional Affairs for facilitating this event and inviting us and considering our views on the Constitution.”
27. Close up shot, participant sharing her views during the launch of the public outreach campaign on the constitutional review process
28. Wide shot, participant sharing her views during the launch of the public outreach campaign on the constitutional review process
29. Close up shot, Zahra Ali Hassan, MoCA Senior Advisor, responding to participants
30. Med shot, participants listening during the launch of the public outreach campaign on the constitutional review process
31. Wide shot, participants listening during the launch of the public outreach campaign on the constitutional review process
On Saturday (1 Feb), over one hundred participants from Benadir Region joined the inaugural consultative meeting on the constitutional review process, organized by the federal Ministry of Constitutional Affairs (MoCA).
The three-day event is the first in a series of open and inclusive meetings that will enable citizens to share their views on contentious issues in the provisional Constitution.
In his opening remarks, the Minister of Constitutional Affairs, Salah Jama, explained that consultations aim at gathering all Somalis’ views on the Constitution, especially on topics such as the status of Mogadishu, natural resource sharing, the electoral model, and power-sharing.
Minister Jama said, “our people live both inside and outside the country. We wish to use various means to publicise the campaign. Those with access to technology and the internet can access the campaign online, or on radio or television.”
The public outreach campaign will advance the country's constitutional review process, a key milestone in the state-building process of Somalia.
During today’s meeting, Ismail Yasin Mohamed, Director of Elections at the National Independent Electoral Commission, assured participants that the electoral body is ready to conduct elections this year.
He explained, "today, while we know the country's situation, we also know locations where voters can register in Mogadishu or the federal states. We have identified these locations. As soon as the electoral law is passed, voting materials are delivered, and polling centres opened, we will be ready to hold the election.”
Zahra Ali Hassan, MoCA Senior Advisor, hailed the presence of numerous young people at the Mogadishu consultative meeting.
Hassan added, "since the youth are tomorrow's leaders, it was vital for them to attend and understand these issues. We advised them to read and understand the provisional Constitution since it's about their life and future.”
Sharif Hussein Isse, a representative of the Somalia National Students Union, recognized the importance of the public consultation meetings.
Isse remarked, "the reason we are here is to have our say, to ensure that the Constitution captures our needs and views. I thank the Ministry of Constitutional Affairs for facilitating this event, for inviting us and considering our views on the Constitution.”
To advance the constitutional review and implementation process, MoCA works jointly with the Independent Constitutional Review and Implementation Commission and the Joint Parliamentary Oversight Committee.
Over the coming months, MoCA, with the support of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia, will hold similar consultations in the federal states of Puntland, Jubaland, Southwest, Hirshabelle, and Galmudug.
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