Somalia's parliament approved constitutional changes shifting the country's electoral model from clan-based voting to indirect universal suffrage and extending lawmakers' and President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's terms by one year, effectively postponing the general election scheduled this year to 2027, Reuters reported on March 5. However, the opposition Somali Future Council coalition, or SFC, which includes the state governments of Puntland and Jubaland, said it did not recognize the constitutional changes as lawful.