Somalia’s Supreme Court has accepted a lawsuit challenging the implementation of the country’s new constitution and legal measures arising from it, including extensions of government institutions’ terms, according to reports. The case was filed by a senior member of the Somali Salvation Council, an opposition grouping that has challenged the constitutional changes and the process through which they were adopted. … The lawsuit challenges the legality of the new constitution and decisions based on it. A central issue is the extension of the terms of government institutions, which opposition figures argue raises legal questions about the country’s governance and electoral timetable. Garowe Online