The governing parliament of Puntland has officially announced that there will be changes in the way of electing the president of Puntland and his deputy.
The parliament has said that the article 56 of the constitution is to be changed, which states that the president should be elected by the people’s vote.
The parliament said that this article should be changed so that the people of Puntland elect their own president.
Also, the parliament said that article 46 of the constitution should be opened, in order to increase the number of parties and adapt the electoral process that is currently being conducted.
The parliament is also opening the 7th article of the constitution, so that the Gardafu region which was cut off from the Bari region is aligned with the constitution.
In Puntland, for the past 24 years, a parliament elected by clans elects the president and vice president. It is not known whether this new change will take effect at this time.
However, there is still a strong dispute over the opening of the constitution, which is the reason for the recent war in Garowe, between the administration and opposition politicians.
