Somalia's main opposition coalition, the Somali Future Council, or SFC, endorsed a transitional direct elections model amid the country's ongoing electoral and constitutional crisis, Bloomberg reported on June 21. Under the proposal, the SFC would support a gradual transition to direct elections that temporarily retains Somalia's 4.5 clan-based power-sharing system, with citizens directly electing parliamentary representatives by paper ballot, while existing parliamentary seat allocations remain based on the clan formula during the transition period.