Somali opposition figures, including the Somali Future Council coalition, or SFC, and former President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, said the term of Somalia's parliament had expired, and both the SFC and Farmajo stressed that President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's term would expire on May 15, Somalia Today reported on April 15. However, Mohamud's supporters rejected these claims, with the federal government informing foreign diplomats that the terms of the executive and legislative branches would continue for another year in line with recent constitutional changes.