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On 12 April 2021 the lower house of the Somali parliament voted nearly unanimously to extend their own mandate and Mohamed's term in office for two years, with a promise of holding a direct election within this timeframe. Police commissioner Sadaq Omar Hassan, tried to close the session before the vote due to concerns over national security and was promptly dismissed from his duties. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/somalias-parliament-votes-to-extend-presidents-mandate-somalia-mogadishu-parliament-united-nations-mohamed-abdullahi-mohamed-b1830248.html|title=Somalia’s parliament votes to extend president’s mandate|publisher=Guardian|date=13 April 2021}}</ref> The upper house objected to the extension, declaring it to be an unconstitutional move. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.voanews.com/africa/somali-lower-house-parliament-extends-presidents-term-two-years|title=Somali Lower House of Parliament Extends President’s Term for Two Years|publisher=Voice of America|date=12 April 2021}}</ref>

In response to many objections from the international community, the Somali foreign ministry issued a statement in which they said that they 'reject any attempts to use the humanitarian assistance to blackmail the country', despite the fact that no details of any such attempts were given in the statement. The UK government have said that the move may result in a re-evaluation of the nature of their assistance to Somalia and their relationship with the Somali government. Abdullahi Mohamed Shirwa, a civil society leader described the extension as a coup d’etat saying “this is just like the craziest political gamble”, in a country already wrestling with humanitarian crises driven by instability and the changing climate. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/international-outcry-as-somalias-president-signs-mandate-extension-40311592.html|title=International outcry as Somalia’s president signs mandate extension|publisher=Belfast Telegraph|date=14 April 2021}}</ref>

== Awards and honours ==