Editing Somaliland (section)

=== Parliament ===
{{Main|Parliament of Somaliland}}
[[File:House of Representatives of the Republic of Somaliland.jpg|upright|thumb|left|[[House of Representatives of Somaliland|House of Representatives]] (Lower House) of the Somaliland Parliament.]]

Legislative power is held by the [[Parliament of Somaliland|Parliament]], which is [[bicameralism|bicameral]]. Its upper house is the [[House of Elders of Somaliland|House of Elders]], chaired by [[Suleiman Mohamoud Adan]], and the lower house is the [[House of Representatives of Somaliland|House of Representatives]],<ref name="Administration" /> chaired by [[Yasin Haji Mohamoud]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2021/aug/183439/somaliland_speaker_of_house_of_representatives_elected.aspx|title=Somaliland: Speaker of House of Representatives elected|website=Hiiraan}}</ref> Each house has 82 members. Members of the House of Elders are elected indirectly by local communities for six-year terms. The House of Elders shares power in passing laws with the House of Representatives, and also has the role of solving internal conflicts, and exclusive power to extend the terms of the President and representatives under circumstances that make an election impossible. Members of the House of Representatives are directly elected by the people for five-year terms. The House of Representatives shares voting power with the House of Elders, though it can pass a law that the House of Elders rejects if it votes for the law by a two-thirds majority and has absolute power in financial matters and confirmation of Presidential appointments (except for the [[Adan Haji Ali|Chief Justice of the Supreme Court]]).<ref name="MbST6">{{cite web|url=http://www.somalilandlaw.com/body_somaliland_parliament.html|title=Somaliland Parliament|access-date=28 March 2016}}</ref>