The 2017 presidential election (which was an indirect election by the Federal Parliament of Somalia) marked an "important milestone";[1] in a high-security hangar at the Aden Adde International Airport closed to the public, members of the Federal Parliament of Somalia elected Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed the second president of the Federal Government of Somalia.[7] However, the election was also noted as a "milestone of corruption" amid widespread reports of vote-buying;[19] the New York Times described politicians as "peeling off wads of hundred dollar bills to buy votes", and estimated at least $20 million had changed hands during the parliamentary elections, which had directly determined the outcome of the presidential election.[19][20][21]