ABDIQANI HASSAN SOMALIA’S breakaway Somaliland region held its first parliamentary election for 16 years yesterday, in what politicians there describe as evidence of its comparative stability. Official portrait of Somaliland President Muse Bihi. Picture: Wikimedia Commons The region, which broke away from Somalia in 1991 but has not gained widespread international recognition for its independence, has been largely peaceful while the rest of Somalia has suffered three decades of civil war. "Vote in peace," President Musi Bihi said in televised remarks after casting his ballot. Opposition leader Abdirahman Mohamed Abdulahi echoed the sentiment: "I urge the Somaliland people to vote…