Abdi Farah Said ‘Juha’: “Somalia is now divided along three lines: Secessionists, Federalists/Confederalists and President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’ s winner-takes-all system”. “Somalia is now divided along three lines: Secessionists, Federalists/Confederalists and President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’ s winner-takes-all system.” For Juha, federalism and a confederal system are interchangeable. In 2006, Dr Ali Abdirahman Hersi, a historian who hails from what is now known as Puntland State of Somalia, argued that the federal system did not suit Somalia. Yesterday, the Vice President of Puntland State, Ilyas Lugator, accused the Federal Government of Somalia of withholding funds for Puntland State. In 2023, Puntland State cut ties with the Federal Government of Somalia and claimed it would act as a quasi-independent state.