Plans to amend Somalia's constitution have been rejected by Puntland, a semi-autonomous state in the northeast. The Horn of Africa nation is planning to return to universal suffrage from clan-based electoral voting.
Plans to amend Somalia's constitution have been rejected by Puntland, a semi-autonomous state in the northeast. The Horn of Africa nation is planning to return to universal suffrage from clan-based electoral voting.'s semi-autonomous state of Puntland said it would shun federal institutions on Sunday, demanding a full referendum on planned changes to the
They include a new one-person, one-vote election system, the introduction of direct presidential elections and allowing the president to appoint a prime minister without parliamentary approval. The state has accused President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of violating the constitution and losing his legitimacy.
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