Somaliland lawmakers urge Lasanod residents to calm down

A group of Somaliland lawmakers who talked about the current tension in Lasanod have urged the residents to calm down and not allow “the enemy” of Somaliland get a room for destroying their security by taking advantage of the current situation.

Some of the lawmakers believe that Somalia’s Puntland state officials are politicizing and using all means to influence the residents to maintain protests. They said, protestors should stop the demonstrations and, also, the government must launch urgent investigations towards the growing assassinations in the region.

However, the lawmakers firmly believe the existence of foreign intervention is aimed at distracting the community from the ongoing voter registrations as two political associations spearheaded by leaders who hail from the region are among the recently registered political organizations to contest for the upcoming elections.

The unrest in Lasanod follows the rising killings against Somaliland government officials, opposition parties, business community and electoral commission members in the last few years.