Garowe (PP News Desk) — The Council of Puntland Politicians and Intellectuals has warned against further amendments to the Constitution of Puntland State of Somalia without full consultation with all sections of society and political stakeholders.
The Council called for broad consultations involving all those who helped establish Puntland in 1998 to discuss the constitutional amendments proposed by the government of President Said Abdullahi Deni.
The Council stressed the need to prevent political disputes and divisions within society that could weaken Puntland’s political system and unity.
The Council expressed concern that if the leadership of the Puntland Parliament pressed ahead with the proposed amendments, it could lead to a repeat of the violence of 2023, which resulted in deaths, injuries and damage to property.
In 2023, the Puntland government introduced constitutional amendments without wider consultation with political stakeholders.
The Council called on the public, the government, the judiciary and Parliament to recognise that maintaining Puntland’s peace and stability is a shared responsibility. It stressed that every Puntland citizen has a duty to protect them.
“In addition to the controversy over the 2023 amendments to the Constitution of Puntland State of Somalia, regions that were previously part of Puntland, including SSC-Khaatumo [(now the North Eastern State of Somalia)], have established their own administration. This development has made several articles of Puntland’s Constitution no longer applicable,” the Council said in a statement shared with the media.
The Council warned that failure to hold wider consultations on constitutional amendments could lead to the collapse of Puntland’s political system.
Members of the Council include former Puntland ministers Farah Ali Jama and Ali Haji Warsame, as well as Ahmed Isse Awad, a former Foreign Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia.
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