Somaliland:None Can Beat President Siilaanyo for a
Second Term in Office
A president warmly shaking hands with his people
regardless of their rank is rare to see th ese days – if
not impossible. To see a president daring to swim with
his constituents in an op en beach is an experience of a
life time. A president going equal to the challenge of
building two 300+ long roads, traversing some of the
roughest, rockiest terrains is an honor incarna te to a
nation.
A president who transformed main national
airports and raised their level of dependability to
international standards, pot-holed streets and arterial
roads to paved ones and city skyl ines to world-standard
dreams in a very short tern under his leadership a
daunting, worthy figure to compete against by itself.
A president who, in his term in office, hands out staple
foods, shelter, equipment to the nee dy, re-builds the
army and security forces from near-scratch, equips them,
raises their sala ries, gives them ranks, speeds up
employment opportunities, re-kindles self-help schemes
in public minds and spirits and, single-handedly, bucks
an insolent, insouciant world by showing them that a
tiny nation can stand on its feet and leap forward to
unprecedented developm ent is an icon to be proud of.
A president that
revived the pride of a very proud nation, and held them
together against all odds has no equal in the eyes of
all Somalilanders.
Not only has President Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud
‘Siilaanyo’ amassed honor points during his current
tenure in office, but his track record in the past alone
cannot find a parallel. One only need find glimpses of
his true character in, for instance, attached clips.
The very warm coverage that the Somaliland media has
made of the president’s tour of duty from the furthest
western point of the nation, onward to the furthest
eastern corner bears testimony to how all of Somaliland
presently rallies behind its president. The tour has,
furthe rmore, highlighted how the president has the
highest confidence on the capability, integrity, and
forward-looking deportment of his nation. The bulk of
Somaliland media showed that it is right alongside the
president on his quest for a country that relies on its
own resources, an d turns its dreams to reality through
its own sheer determination. The media has shown tha t
Somaliland is indeed the shining example of
self-dependence in a world fraught with insecu rity in
spirit, principle and outlook.
If one had to put all of his detractors on one scale
against his, the outcome would have bee n a foregone
conclusion.
Long live
Somaliland!
Sulman Abdurahim
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