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.

Somalia's parliament in March approved a set of constitutional amendments that, in a major shift away from the traditional clan-based system, introduced universal suffrage and extended the terms of both the president and members of parliament from four to five years with immediate effect. However, opposition groups, particularly the SFC, strongly rejected the reforms, arguing that the changes were pushed through without sufficient political consensus or meaningful consultation.