The Minister of Planning in the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) was unable to participate in elections for House of the People seats in Bosaso.
Puntland held elections for the Lower House seats on Saturday, March 5.
Ambassador Gamal Hassan, the planning minister, was locked out of the elections for his preferred parliamentary seat.
The planning minister is not in good terms with Puntland’s President Said Abdullahi Deni.
Ambassador Hassan was in Mogadishu while the Bosaso elections proceeded.
He wasn’t the only high-profile politician to go through this experience. The same fate befell Mohamud Hayir and Said Hussein Eid.
Hayir is the State Minister for Finance while Eid is the State Minister for Livestock.