Somaliland cause on clash with the ruler’s bottom line
Ibrahim Mead
Political analyst
Ottawa Canada
Introduction
Is the government seditious it self? I am not saying they are,
however their actions, inactions and reactions regarding the
sovereignty and independence of our home land are worrisome indeed!
In the end history will answer that question unambiguously,
unkindly, clearly. Is the government corrupt? With out question they
are, and they know they are!
We elect People rationally or irrationally and they take oath to
serve, protect, safeguard, and promote the cause of Somaliland, and
develop the people and the country. No one elects them for their own
profit making venture out of the meager revenue collected from the
poor men and women selling small quantities of produce in the
streets! When these two diametrically diff erent agendas collide like
they did in Somaliland it turns out that the nation’s agenda suffers
despondently despite hiding it by way of lying about it!
Siilanyo never had a governing strategy in the first place, however
he had a political strategy by which he threw the kulmiye party
manifesto in which we put much effort in to the dust pin and pulled
a hidden political agenda from the back pocket of his pants upon
announcement of his win! That was why he avoided the party veterans
and collected inexperienced; unconcerned and emotionally unconnected
crowd as far as the national conscience is concerned! That is also
called betrayal.
There is no vision, no clear picture in where Somaliland is going as
far as we can see! There is no conviction, confidence and clarity
regarding the cause of Somaliland!
There is a vision disability which reduces one’s ability to see
things clearly, but there is an area where the Siilanyo
administration sees things not only clearly but sees it in super
focus and that is their bottom line, their personal enrichment and
political entrenchment!
They changed the definition of what governance means. They changed
the concept of governance. They changed who’s the government was
supposed to serve. They changed it in to a family and friends
enterprise!
Governance is defined as: “the conscious management of regime
structure with the intent to enhance the public realm” not to
enhance the realm of family and friends.
A systematic fraud and outright theft of public funds and assets
have become part of the cult ure of governance in Siilanyo’s
administration
corruption and inexperience is the most serious stumbling block to
govern justly and it is there in Mr. Siilanyo’s administration
Mr. Siilanyo is the honey bee and being that bee a lot of bees are
around him. The question is what is that honey? That honey is
‘Money, people’s money and the bees around that honey are his
Ministers and those who are connected with them!’
The administration which is chasing money was supposed to go all-out
for the recognition and the independence of Somaliland and above all
uphold its dignity and integrity, but the two differing agendas are
parallel and can not be compatible and can not meet!
A serious agenda from a serious leadership sets its narrative before
others set that for them. Somaliland leadership failed to set its
agenda according to their constitutions and according to the wishes
and aspiration of their people! An unelected, Djibouti made
‘Awo’shreif who does not represent any community except his
government which does not represent any one set the narrative for
Somaliland! He likened the people of Somaliland like a women who
left her h usband in anger. He addressed Somaliland as “our Northern
brothers whom their concern will be addressed” He was like- he was
saying, “come back to your
husband he will give you ‘Xaal’
“no one
told Mr. Shareef, shut up!
The basic bargain and the bedrock of this country-Somaliland were
and should be to realize the bargain it self and that is striving
and winning the independence and sovereignty of Somaliland. That
seemed compromised by way of corruption, and incompetence and
probably deception on the part of Siilanyo’s administration!
The people are in one direction and that is towards its bedrock
which is its rightful and legal independence. Siilanyo and his
functionaries are in an opposite direction!
They are chasing the money. They are minding their interest, so Mr.
Siilanyo and the people are travelling in parallel paths. These two
parallel paths are irreconcilable.
Mr. Siilanyo must come back to the right path, the people’s path,
the path of serving the people of Somaliland. He either must lead
honestly, or get out of the way. Two choices he is not ready to
abide! The end result of his insistence of what he is doing now is a
perfect recipe for conflicts, destabilization and even war
Deception is a tool they perfected in averting the attention of the
people but Allah “is not guiding the snares of the false ones” that
is why Allah is uncovering what they want to cover and hide from the
people
When at any point the government becomes corrupted and is subverting
the Somaliland cons titution in favor of hidden agendas it pursues
and is no longer doing the job they were elected in good faith, then
it is right to below the horn as to expose them and that is the
least a cons cionable people can do. It is also reasonable to wonder
whether the government is seditious it self! All signs are pointing
in that direction.
Siilanyo’s government is running around arrogantly waving and
boasting that they are the win ners in London, Istanbul and Dubai
gatherings of TFG Somalia and Somaliland. The gov ernment of Siilanyo
has undertaken deceptive moves in all those gatherings or if that is
not the case then they did not know what they were doing!
Facts we know about the British led Somalia and Somaliland
conferences in London and else where can be summed up as the
following:
a) that the British and the west in general were looking a solution
to the Sea piracy and Alshabaab and for that reason to establish yet
another government in Somalia was sought the right way to achieve
that end. However this time Somaliland was in the mix
b) Somaliland’s president and his government accepted the new
chemistry and they defined their acceptance of that mix in oddly
different way!
They denied they gave in to the British request / pressure when
every one knows they did, and with what? With little money which
never triggered down!?
c) The unelected foreign made and packaged, Sheik sheriff was the
winner with out question. He won more money for his new campaign to
become the coming president for Somalia. These conferences also
elevated him as a leader of “Somaliween” who called Somaliland not
be her name but ‘Northern brothers whom their anger can be managed!’
Mr. Shareef arrogantly boasted that he brought Somaliland to the
fold after 20 years Somaliland was separate! That strategy worked
for him. The point was that it worked for him and he sold it to the
Arabs and others, a win for him. Where did Mr. Siilanyo sign?
d) The President of Somaliland and his government was the losers
even when they boast they are the victors. He followed the precooked
agenda in one hand and telling his people different things on the
other hand!
The national interest of Somaliland which is her sovereignty was not
mentioned any where any time in all the different conferences
Alshabaab, the sea piracy, human displacement and wars was Somalia’s
problem and not Somaliland’s and that was what the whole conference
was all about, besides reconstructing yet another government for
Somalia. Where are we in this!?
In this case Siilanyo’s administration willingly joined Somalia’s
agenda which indicated that they are part of Somalia despite denying
that even when they did!
e) President Siilanyo lost all moral authority to represent the
people who through democratic process determined their future and
aspiration in a popular referendum after surviving the ethnic
cleansing operations of Mogadiho government which they in the end
defeated!
f) Somaliland’s cause and case was in the process damaged, demeaned
and demagogued!
g) Conflict, instability and probably war will get their way in this
stable and peaceful Somaliland if Siilanyo’s ill advised and unwise
agenda is not stopped before it gets out of hand.
“I own you,” and a coerced reunification is absolutely out of
question whether Mr. Cameron requested it or not. It is a recipe for
conflicts, instability and war in the whole horn of Africa so let
every body including Siilanyo and Shareif be on notice of that fact!
I am calling the president of Somaliland to correct him self and
come back to sanity and to his oath for the people and the country
of Somaliland before unwanted consequences of national proportion
happens.
Whether or not trust can ever be restored depends on how badly it
damaged the nation and how much the damaged nation feels betrayed.
If the nation sees their trust was betrayed, then it is
understandable how hard it can be to let go. More often than not the
betrayed people just want to cut their losses and end the
relationship but if they do want to repair the damage, if they want
to salvage the relationship and rebuild trust, there are steps they
need to follow.
While the Government which damaged the trust has a work to do in
earning it back, the people and the country of Somaliland which was
hurt also has a job to do. So how can we put things back on track?
It’s hard but it can be done and it is up to the Siilanyo to show
the people the “Gooder” and swear they will not do what they done
again and vow they will correct their wrongs. The problem is that
who believes them until they show the people the “Gooder” for real
this time? To see the ‘Gooder’ the present pack of this
administration must not be around any more!
Peace and prayers
Ibrahim Mead
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