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The Somaliland Government organized a series of pro-Somaliland demonstrations in Hargeisa and a number of District and Regional capitals on 22/01 from 09.00 to 12.00. The government called for the public to attend the demonstrations en masse and declared 22/01 an official holiday to allow civil servants to participate. The demonstrations were intended at demonstrating support to the Constitution and to the territorial integrity of Somaliland, in the backdrop of the announcement of the creation of a new Khatumo State in Sool and Sanaag regions by Dhulbahante clan members on 16/01. The demonstrations were not held in Buuhoodle, Laas Caanood and in the eastern districts of Sanaag Region. The chairmen of the three main political parties of Somaliland issued a joint press release from the Presidential Palace in Hargeisa to condemn the creation of the Khatumo State and announced that Somaliland would defend its territorial integrity and maintain stability for all Somalilanders. |
