A new constitution was originally due to be finalised in the first half of 2011, but the end of the year now looks to be the earliest possible date for this. The other task that is critical to the successful completion of the transitional period is the holding of national elections. However, given the government's limited areas of control in Mogadishu and central and southern regions, credible polls are highly unlikely to be held in the forecast period. Although the draft constitution provides for a federal government, future electoral boundaries have not been set, and the question is likely to prove deeply controversial, not least because of the secessionist ambitions of Somaliland and Puntland. In any event, voting in Somalia will remain firmly along clan lines, and any future federal government will have to include adequate representation of the main clans to ensure political and social stability.