LAS ANOD, Somalia – SSC-Khatumo state primarily based in Las Anod metropolis introduced on Saturday that it’ll not be a part of the 2024 Puntland elections, insisting on being a separate state.
Following a session assembly, the elders issued a call, declaring that SSC-Khatumo is not going to elect the 17 members of the Puntland Parliament, any longer.
The surprising assertion was learn out by the SSC’s elders spokesperson, Abdisalan Hassan Mohamed, who confirmed that the 17 MPs at the moment within the Puntland Parliament will give up.
The SSC-Khatumo’s Elders Council has additionally determined that nobody from their SSC can run for the subsequent election in 2024 for the vice chairman of Puntland. Ahmed Karash would be the final.
In keeping with the assertion, the elders known as on the 2 members of the Puntland election dispute decision committee from the SSC to resign swiftly.
The SSC-Khatumo administration seeks to be impartial and change into a Federal State that’s acknowledged by the nation’s authorities in Mogadishu, which is manufactured from now 5 states.
On 19 October 2023, the Federal Authorities of Somalia formally acknowledged the just lately established administration of SSC-Khaatumo.
Underneath a joint press launch, Abdulqadir Firdhiye, the President of the newly shaped SSC-Khatumo interim administration, was invited, together with a delegation, to Mogadishu.
