General Right to Vote
Transitional Charter
(February 2004)

• Article 1:1 section 1 states, “All sovereign authority belongs to the people of Somalia and may be exercised directly or indirectly through their representatives, in accordance with this Charter and the laws of the country.”

Exclusion Based on Mental Disability
Transitional Charter
(February 2004)

• Article 31, section 1 states, “A person shall be eligible to be a Member of Parliament if that person...(d) is of sound mind.”
• Article 31, section 2 states, “A person shall be disqualified from being a Member of Parliament if that person...(b) has been pronounced as being of unsound mind.”
• Article 40, section 1 states, “Any person shall be qualified and eligible to be elected the President of the Somali Republic, if the person...(e) is of sound mind...”

• Transitional Charter - http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,,LEGISLATION,SOM,456d621e2,4795c2d22,0.html