1.2 Puntland State of Somalia After a series of locally sponsored conferences, in which a traditional council of elders (Isimada) played an important role, the SSDF leadership and community elders had at last taken positive steps by calling an all-inclusive general conference in Garowe on May 5, 1998. The Puntland Regional State was formed, based on the design of three branches of government; Legislative (66 members, with 5 women), Judiciary, and Executive (President with Vice-President and 9 Ministers). Two regions- Sool and Eastern Sanag- also joined the former northeastern regions and, thus, jointly formed the Puntland State of Somalia as an autonomous regional administration. As stipulated in Article 1 of the Transitional Constitution, Puntland is a part of an anticipated Federal State of Somalia . It is striving for the unity of the Somali people and the creation of a Somali government based on a federal system. The Puntland State consists of the following seven regions: Bari Nugal Mudug Sanaag Sool Ayn Karkaar 1.3 Trends of Political and Constitutional Development Up until it was affected by the recently resolved internal conflict (following a peace accord reached on 17 th May 2003) the State of Puntland had shown some degree of initiative to step up the slow and hesitant development of governance structures and socio- economic reconstruction without the benefit of much international assistance.
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