Thursday, July 8, 2021

Puntland reacts strongly to Minister Jamaal's attack on Deni


Puntland has responded to a statement by the Somali federal government's planning minister, Jamal Mohamed Hassan, accusing Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni of running for president, but hiding, in order to influence elected federal lawmakers. areas of Puntland.


Puntland administration spokesman Jama Dabarani responded to Minister Jamaal's remarks, calling them baseless and a misrepresentation by the minister of the mature Puntland administration.


“After 23 years of visible puberty. It is unfortunate that you are trying to paint a negative picture of Puntland and its people. History is still divisive, ”said Jama Dabarani, who posted the statement on his Twitter account.


The spokesman also said that Puntland is a mature administration that has held various elections in the past, which cannot be disrupted at this time.



"Minister Jamaal, your tweet is no different from the ones you used on this site to incite violence and war in Puntland. "Puntland is a 23-year-old state that has previously held regional and federal elections, some of which resulted in a single vote," the Puntland spokesman said in a statement.


Incumbent Minister of Planning Jamal Mohamed Hassan, a close ally of outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, tweeted that Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni was a candidate for the presidency of Somalia, but He is now biting himself and instead threatening and looting the election of federal parliamentarians from Puntland.


"Said Abdullahi Deni has postponed announcing his candidacy to influence and interfere in the upcoming elections in Puntland. "Clan elders, representatives and parliamentary candidates have all expressed serious concern about the extent of Deni's fraud, intimidation and interference," Minister Jamaal said in a statement.


In a statement posted on his Twitter account, Jamal Mohamed Hassan added, "As a presidential candidate, Said Deni should step aside from all electoral matters, and immediately stop interfering in the affairs of the electoral technical commissions." We can no longer watch in silence the naked interference and damage to democracy and the credibility of the Puntland administration. ”


The exchange of views between the Somali planning minister and Puntland's spokesman comes amid a bitter rivalry between pro-President Farmajo lawmakers in Puntland's constituency and President Said Abdullahi Deni, who is said to be trying to keep a pro-Farmajo lawmaker out. return to the federal parliament.

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