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Somalia changed its constitution to extend presidential terms.
Lawmakers voted Wednesday to extend presidential and parliamentary terms from four years to five, delaying planned elections by a year. Over two thirds of the country鈥檚 329 lawmakers in the parliament and senate voted by acclamation in favor of the change. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said it marked the completion of Somalia's constitution, calling it a 鈥渉istoric day.鈥� Leaders of the opposition party rejected the move and pressed for May elections to take place as planned.