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The leader of the SSC-Khatumo state Abdiqadir Ahmed Aw-Ali, has stated that his newly formed state will not participate in the upcoming elections for the Puntland regional state.
Abdiqadir Ahmed who attended the Heritage forum in Mogadishu on Tuesday night, emphasized that the local people in Sool, Sanaag, and Ayn, collectively known as SCC-Khatumo state and their elders, who used to select lawmakers for Puntland state have now jointly decided to establish their administration.
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added that anyone from the SSC areas who holds a position in another state does not represent SCC-Khatumo state.
Despite the SCC elderly leaders declared autonomy from the Hargeisa administration earlier this year after eight months of conflict between the Hargeisa administration SNM militia and SCC-Khatumo forces erupted in Las Anod town, the SCC-Khatumo administration now become a federal member state.
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The SSC-Khatumo areas are represented by 17 parliamentarians, a vice president, ministers, deputy ministers, and general directors in the Puntland State.
The statement from the SSC-Khatumo leader comes as Puntland prepares for the next presidential election in early 8 January 2024.
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