Ex-Puntland President Abdurahman Sheikh Mohamed Farole who is running for Somalia’s presidency has said that Somaliland administration would be potentially regarded as a regional Somali state, discarding state’s buoyancy for an international recognition.
The Somali senator has said that upper house’s election in Mogadishu signals an immense political progress which he said that Somalia could cohere in its people again following a two old decade conflicts that had devastated the horn of African country.
“Discarding the short sighted political views surrounding on the election, the house’s main priority would be synchronizing the people of Somalia and removing country’s political nostalgia” Farole has told reporters in Mogadishu.
Somaliland is viewed by the international community as a territory within Somalia – a nation that is struggling to emerge from civil war and now trying to uphold its recognition quest.
“The first MP who was elected to head the upper house hails from Somaliland and it’s an explicit how their quest is not attainable” he said.
His pessimism over Somaliland’s pursuit into independence has sparked an outrage in social media, with many shared their sentiments online.
The former British protectorate has been battling for an international recognition since it seceded from the rest of Somalia in 1991; however no country has so far recognized it as an independent state.
