"On the schedule, I am not sure whether it is May or June, because the schedule will be declared by the election board but I think we will conduct an election this year because it is a constitutional mandate," Abiy told reporters last week in South Africa.
"Ma garanayo xilliga dhabta ah ee dhaceyso doorashada ma May baa mise Juun sababtoo ah waxaa taasi ku dhawaaqi doona guddiga doorashooyinka waxaanse aaminsanahay in sanadkani ay dhacayso doorasho dastuuri ah" ayuu yiri Abiy oo intaa sii raaciyay in ay jiraan caqabado dhanka ammaanka iyo farsamada ah.