section_path: Actions of Puntland
section_name: Actions of Puntland
paragraph_text: Actions of Puntland
  
  The semi-autonomous state of Puntland, the oldest federal member state, opposed the constitutional reforms. Its leaders argued that rather than finalizing a new constitution, the reforms merely modify Somalia's provisional charters.
  
  The constitutional change process sparked new tensions between the federal government and the semi-autonomous Puntland government.
  
  Several prominent Somali politicians also opposed the constitutional changes. These included former President Sheikh Sharif and his Prime Minister Abdiweli Gaas, former Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid, and Abdirahman Farole, former President of Puntland and current senator from Nugal. These five figures were the original signatories of the provisional charters in 2012.
  
  Other opposition figures like former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire and member of the House of People Abdirahman Abdishakur, serving as a Presidential Envoy for drought, argued that the amplification of presidential powers could potentially undermine the role of the Prime Minister as a check.
  
  On January 8, 2024, President Said Abdullahi Deni was re-elected as president of Puntland.