GAROWE, Puntland – The President of Puntland Stated Abdullahi Deni held talks with the British Ambassador to Somalia at the moment in Garowe after arriving within the metropolis on a working go to.
A press release from the Presidency stated that President Deni along with the Vice President mentioned with the UK Ambassador to Somalia Michael Nithavrianakis on the present electoral disaster.
The assembly was additionally attended by members of the Council of Ministers of the Puntland.
The Presidency added that the completion of the method of democratic elections and the acceleration of the UK’s improvement tasks in Puntland have been on excessive of the agenda.
President Deni and the Puntland electoral fee search to carry direct elections, whereas the opposition calls for a return to a clan-based electoral system within the Federal state.
In June this yr, lethal Clashes broke out within the capital, Garowe after the opposition accused Puntland’s chief of searching for constitutional adjustments to increase his time period in workplace.
Greater than 36 individuals, principally civilians have been killed and dozens wounded plus many fled their homes throughout heavy preventing between pro-opposition forces and the federal government troopers.
An arid oil-rich area on the northeastern coast of Somalia, Puntland declared autonomy in 1998 and relations with the central authorities in Mogadishu have typically been tense.
