:::::As per the sources I posted above, the PM was involved with the decision to postpone elections for a year, so I'm not convinced that the parliament is still advocating for August elections. 
 :::::Both your suggestions are reasonable L.tak.  It seems pretty clear that the elections in August are at least in doubt, so we shouldn't definitively claim that they will take place in August without some sort of qualification.  Removing the statement entirely would also solve the problem. 
 :::::Also, if we keep the statement I'm not sure it's fair to call them "national elections".  As far as I can tell, the elections were only planned to take place is Mogadishu. , , .  Maybe "Direct presidential elections" would be a more accurate description than national, and get Middayexpress' point across.