- Title: [SW News] (IRIN) New
Somaliland Constitution Endorsed
- Posted by/on:[AAJ][11 June 01]
New Somaliland
Constitution Endorsed
Story Filed: Sunday, June 10, 2001 5:21 PM EST
Jun 10, 2001 (UN Integrated Regional Information Network/All Africa Global Media via
COMTEX)-- The authorities in the self-declared independent state of Somaliland, in
northwestern Somalia, have announced that the final results of last week's
referendum showed that 97.09 percent of the voters supported the new constitution, a
senior official told IRIN. The new constitution contains a clause which confirms
Somaliland's independence. Somaliland declared unilateral independence in May 1991, but
has so far received no international recognition.
Abdi Idris Du'ale, press secretary to President Muhammad Ibrahim Egal of Somaliland,
said the results were announced at a ceremony in the Somaliland parliament, and would be
officially endorsed by Somaliland's Supreme Court at a later date.
Meanwhile, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) reported on Monday that a yes vote in
the referendum was highly unlikely to change foreign attitudes. EIU said donors continued
to hope for a reunited Somalia and were "highly unlikely to give Somaliland
international recognition", as long as the Transitional National Government (TNG) in
Mogadishu continued to exist.
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