The
Greater Somalia League,
Somali National League and
United Somali Party petitioned the High Court against the outcome. However, the constitution was ratified on 1 July, although the referendum results were only approved by the High Court on 4 July. In the south,
Sheikh Ali Jimale, the runner-up in Somalia's first presidential election, similarly vigorously campaigned against the referendum over the appointment of
Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke as prime minister instead of his clansman
Abdullahi Issa. This led his home region of
Hiran to overwhelmingly reject the constitution. In fact there were more opposing votes to the referendum in the southern region of Hiran than the in the entirety of the north. In May 1963, Jimale and SNL leader
Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal along with 20 other members of the National Assembly formed the Somali National Congress (SNC) to oppose the ruling Somali Youth League (SNL). Thus, by the end of 1963, Isaaq particularism appeared more and more to be finding an outlet in the SNC, and its objectives were less the division of the Republic than the downfall of the SYL government. ==References==