Several Somalia government officials and international diplomats attended a ceremony held in Garowe where the constitution was officially endorsed.

Out of 478 delegates attending the assembly aimed at passing the document, 472 voted in favour of it while six delegates voted against the document.

The delegates have been sitting for the last few days to chart ways forward to adopt the newly drafted regional constitution.

The new constitution will be a step forward for the region as it ends the current clan based political system and instead adopt a multiparty system of politics.

Speaking at the ceremony, the area regional president Abdirahman Mohamed Farole said the move to unanimously endorse the document is an opportunity for the region.

Somalia’s deputy Prime Minister Abdiwahab Ugas Hussein praised the regional administration and its locals for standing together in achieving such recommendable goal.

In its quest for a new constitution, Puntland brought together over 480 delegates from all walks of life last Sunday in effort to discuss and adopt a new constitution for the breakaway region.