Petition · past parliament · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Stop aid to Somalia until it eradicates the discriminatory 4.5 political formula
Closed
158 signatures
What the petition asks
As a principal provider of development aid, the UK Government should urge Somalia to eradicate the 4.5 political representation formula, because it is premised on racial discrimination against minority tribes and clans, and has resulted in continuous human rights abuses. The suffering needs to stop.
Using this 4.5 formula limits the number of members in the federal and regional states parliaments. Somalia’s Federal Parliament is divided into the Senate and the House of the People encompassing 329 members. In the former only one of 54 and in the latter only 31 of 275 are from the minority groups. Under this mechanism the major tribes get equal number of members (61x4=244) whereas the minority are allotted half (61/2=31). None of the presidents since 2000 sought to change this injustice.
Timeline
| 17 Aug 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 17 Feb 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
158
Status
Closed
Department
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Opened
17 Aug 2020
Closed
17 Feb 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.