There you go boys. I told you Puntland's gloves are off. For too long Puntland respected the Jeegaan admin in Hargaisa and this respect made them mistaken for a weakness.
I know Jeegaan boys are downplaying this aid thing but as far as Puntland is concerned you can not have a rogue admin that is rounding up and killing innocent women and children in Lasanod, starting a war on their regional neighbours, defying the advice of UN and international communities, while at same they have a special arrangement just because they want a phantom country that never existed and will never exist.
The federal government is the sole legal, sovereign entity that should have a say on how aid is distrubuted and managed in their own country. It is same for all countries in the world. Aid can be used to overthrow, weaken institutions of any government therefore that is why it goes through the legally recognised government in any given country. So it is no different for Somalia. The Jeegan admin is in open war with Puntland and giving them a special arrangement that include direct aid, security sector development, budget support is not acceptable as it gives them unfair advantage over Puntland. Otherwise Puntlabd should get same special arrangement until SSC issue is resolved.
The IC can not ignore the demand of the federal government and they know that. That is why they say they want the status quo to continue but they want 'the no objection of the federal government', which should never be granted or Puntland will have serious issue with that. The resolution of this issue will be that the IC grants a special arrangement for both while also having a special arrangement for the disputed areas as they miss out big time on development aid because they are claimed by both sides.