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A New Dawn For Puntland Abdiweli Ali Gaas President Elect!!

Wow! what a day, what can election.



Somalia's Puntland appoints new president
Lawmakers pick Abdiweli Mohamed Ali to lead semi-autonomous region of Puntland for a second term.

Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland has chosen Abdiweli Mohamed Ali as president in a vote held in Garowe the regions capital, amid tight security.

Abdiweli unseated the incumbent president Abdirahman Mohamed Farole in a tightly contest run-off poll. Ali is a former prime minister of Somalia under Sheikh Sharif. Ali garnered 33 votes as opposed to Farole's 32.

No candidates secured the required two-thirds majority in the first and second round of voting. Farole won the first two rounds of voting with comfortable margins.

Eight candidates were eliminated in the first round voting. The whole voting processes was broadcast live on local TVs and radio stations.

Puntland declared itself to be semi-autonomous from Somalia in 1998 as fighting raged through most of the country. Since then the region of about 2.5 million people has had four presidents, all selected by MPs who were in turn selected by clan elders.

The polls were originally set for July last year but were postponed after government said the risk of violence was too great for voting to be held.

Farole accepted the results and thanked "those who worked with him".

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Congratulations mudane madaxweyne

congrats to president-elect abdiweli ali gaas

Congratulations to the new president of puntland.
Hope you'll lead our nation into a new era full of peace and prosperity.

outlaw112 wrote:Congratulations to the new president of puntland.
Hope you'll lead our nation into a new era full of peace and prosperity.

A big difference between selection and election. Abdi prozac was selected by 33 people not elected by the whole Puntland population..

Maybe one day we'll see a Awrtoble or Tumaal president?

A Huge Win By The Champion Of Somalia

Titanium wrote:Maybe one day we'll see a Awrtoble or Tumaal president?

Lets start with their Harti cousins first....

Btw, how does this affect the poor Kashmiri Khatumo who it looks like have once again backed the wrong horse in Faroole....lol

Faroole Steps, Down and Congratulates The New Democratically Elected Amir of Puntland

oxymoron wrote:
This is the closest Presidential elections in Somali history, let alone Puntland. The Seat of Power was won by a single vote. 33 votes for President elect Abdiweli Gaas iyo 32 for Faroole

The counting almost give me a heart attack.

Actually Oxy, Adde Adde defeated his opponent Sh Ali Jimcale by a single vote during the first ever national elections in 1960.

Nevertheless, we welcome the ascendancy of reason and sanity to Puntland

skywalker25 Faroole will be highly missed in Hargeisa cos the guy was very destructive and divided the Harti but now this Gaas might united them. Don't forget one of Gaas main campaign slogan was Faroole failed to "liberate" Laascaanood.

If i was Hargeisa i would be on high alert in the coming years cos the Harti regions under your control is mainly not through force but willingly and could jump ship again to rejoin Puntland depending on how Gaas treats them

Congratulations mudane Gaas and good riddance to Faroole.

skywalker25 wrote:Lets start with their Harti cousins first....

Btw, how does this affect the poor Kashmiri Khatumo who it looks like have once again backed the wrong horse in Faroole....lol

This guy is Ron number 2 abti miyaad nagu waalatay beryahan
But anyways how does Axmed Karaash = Dhulbahante? The guy was an ex PL official in the first place.