Mathieu GottelandThat particular crisis was resolved by resorting to the older indirect system, an autocoup as it were, since the vote occured while the parliament was occupied by Deni's #Puntland Maritime Police Force ( #PMPF ).
Meanwhile both #Puntland and #Somaliland use their coast guards for stunts aimed at strengthening their prestige and sway vis-à-vis Mogadiscio. This explains in part the arrests by Puntland Maritime Police Force (#PMPF) linked to hijacked MV Ruen.
While #Ethiopia, #Somaliland and #Puntland tried to benefit from the situation with a MoU promising sea access to #Somalia's landlocked neighbour against the recognition of Somaliland and the #PMPF paramilitary leading anti-#piracy operations, the recent agreement between Somalia and #Turkey is both directly adverse to those other efforts and potentially historic in its consequences
(https://www.reuters.com/world/turkey-provide-maritime-security-support-somalia-official-2024-02-22/).
(https://www.reuters.com/world/turkey-provide-maritime-security-support-somalia-official-2024-02-22/).
President Deni's #PMPF will not suffice to contain a practice rooted in the deep instability and financial insecurity in #Puntland. The recent #autocoup securing his second mandate will not fondamentally change such circumstances. The recent mutiny of #Eritrea-trained soldiers in Bosaso over unpaid salaries shows as much (https://shabellemedia.com/soldiers-trained-in-eritrean-stage-mutiny-in-bosaso-over-unpaid-salaries/).
Situated in the northeast of #Somalia, the region of #Puntland has been relatively spared by Al #Shabaab (#AS). The Galgala hills are however a small #ISIS stronghold.
It is adjacent to the new region of #SSC-#Khatumo, which the #PMPF helped secede from #Somaliland. Despite Puntland laying a claim on the region since 1998, SSC-Khatumo has made known its will to remain a separate state within federal Somalia.
The #Puntland Maritime Police Force (#PMPF), loyal to Deni and backed by the #UnitedArabEmirates (#UAE), had occupied the parliament on 18 December 2023 and during the elections, probably intimidating lawmakers into a re-election of their preferred candidate. The PMPF was also involved in stifling popular dissent throughout 2023.