Sahal,
Excellent point, and You're 100% right. Khatumo was actually really screwed and betrayed by Gaas/Faroole during the roadmap and the mp selection process. Dhulbhante wanted their mps to have 1 voice and that was a SSC/Khatumo voice. Instead Gaas/Faroole conspired and had about half their mps be Dhulbahante Puntland mps since Faroole is fiercely anti khatumo. This deprived the Dhulbhanate Khatumo/SSC group to have a strong representation and a unified voice in the Parliment. Khaatumo/SSC should really direct a lot of their anger at Gaas/Faroole more than Xassan Sh.
Actually it wouldn't make a difference in reality they have 8 seats in the Parliament 3 of them were appointed by faroole and 5 by their own garaads.
Even if they had all of them in the Parliament chosen by them it wouldn't change a thing.Its a lost case for them Faroole told them either u join me all of you or you join Somaliland. But khatumo is not going to fly. They are between a rock and a hard place. They control one village in sool Taleeh and this is being undermined by Puntland as we speak Puntland vp is there right now. There are many who joined Somaliland like haglatoosiye and many khatumo faction members in fiqiifuliye last month. But they remain divided and to proud. And there is little Hassasn sheikh can do for them, even if he wanted, and the main stream Hawiye, and policy makers wish to be indifferent, on this.