Hargeisa (PP Information Evaluation) — The Somaliland Electoral Fee earlier as we speak declared Abdirahman Abdullahi (Cirro) the winner of the 2024 Somaliland presidential elections. The elections this yr had been distinctive within the sense that the competition for the presidency coincided with competitors for political associations to qualify as political events. The UCID celebration, led by Faisal Ali Warabe, has been changed by the Kaah political affiliation, which is able to now change into a political celebration. In contrast to UDUB, based in 2001 by the late Somaliland President Mohamed Ibrahim Egal, UCID didn’t disintegrate after dropping presidential elections in 2010. UCID constantly underperformed in presidential elections, which many attribute to what a political journalist described because the “demagoguery of its chief.”
The Somaliland President-elect faces a number of financial, safety and political challenges that his administration will inherit from the outgoing administration. Amongst these political challenges, the maritime Memorandum of Understanding is essentially the most advanced subject the brand new administration should deal with. With out asserting the sovereignty of the Federal Republic of Somalia, talks between the Federal Authorities of Somalia and the Somaliland administration won’t resume. The Federal Authorities of Somalia has designated secession as a nationwide safety menace. Talks between Mogadishu and Hargeisa had been premised on resolving political variations with out assuming parallel sovereignties. Accountability for representing sovereignty lies with Mogadishu. The signing of the maritime Memorandum of Understanding between the Somaliland administration and Ethiopia in January 2024 has resulted in strained relations between Somalia and Ethiopia. Subsequently, Ethiopia was excluded from the peacekeeping forces set to function in Somalia from 2025.
Relating to the battle in northern Somalia between Somaliland forces and the Sool, Sanaag, Cayn and Khaatumo (SSCK) Interim Administration, the stance of the brand new administration stays unclear. Somaliland justified its shelling of Las Anod in 2023 on the premise of its declare that it’s a “republic,” regardless of later proposing a two-state resolution as a ceasefire precondition when the UN Safety Council referred to as for the Somaliland administration to stop its shelling of Las Anod and withdraw its forces from the outskirts of Sool’s administrative capital.
Economically, youth unemployment and an unfavourable enterprise surroundings are among the many important challenges the brand new administration faces. Somaliland companies have relied largely on commerce with the Puntland State of Somalia. The Las Anod battle has affected the free motion of individuals and commodities between the 2 administrations. If the incoming administration can discover methods to mitigate the multifaceted issues it can inherit, somewhat than exacerbating them, it might keep away from the pitfalls that undermined the outgoing president of Somaliland’s administration, Muse Bihi Abdi.
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