Puntland has hit back Somali minister for Planning, Jamal Hassan who criticized president Saed Abdullahi Deni for allegedly attempting interfering with the upcoming state elections.
In twitter post. presidential spokesman Jama Deperani dismissed the remarks of the minister, saying Jamal is trying to destabilize the state.
“Your tweet is no different from the past ones where you used this platform to incite violence and conflict in Puntland. Puntland is a 23yrs old state, having previously held elections at state and federal levels, some of which resulted single vote as the difference,” Deperani said.
The remarks of Deperani comes a day after Jamal accused Deni of trying interfere with parliamentary elections.
“As a Presidential Candidate Said Abdullahi Deni should recuse himself from all election related issues and immediately stop meddling in the affairs of electoral technical committees. We can no longer silently watch the blatant disregard for democratic integrity by PL administration,” Hassan who hails Puntland state said in a tweet.
Somalia is expected to hold its parliamentary and presidential elections from mid-July this year.
