The initiative has a lot of support from Farmajo who hopes to use it as a counterweight against Bihi and against the President of Puntland Said Abdullahi Deni who had just declared himself a federal presidential candidate...
Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni is also getting more authoritarian...
Senators nominated in Puntland included three close relatives of the President Said Abdullahi Deni while the rest were from his inner circle...
Puntland's security gets personal Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni is removing officers from their posts in the Puntland security establishment and replacing them with his own loyalists...
Although they spent generously among Puntland's MPs Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni spotted the threat and put forward a list of close allies including relatives and aides which proved enough to defeat Farmajo's move...
Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni in a long speech on television on 21 February told viewers that Farmajo approached him and wanting a deal that would see him remain president based on them being Darod 'brothers'...
ASWJ and the new Puntland administration of President Said Abdullahi Deni distrusted and loathed both Al Shabaab and the state president Mohamed Abdullah Mohamed 'Farmajo'...
Meanwhile Said Deni has been in conflict with sections of his own administration in Puntland...