Day: June 12, 2019

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HOW THE PARLIAMENT OF PUNTLAND HAD FAILED PEOPLE’S ASPIRATIONS

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September 11, 2018
Following its foundation in 1998 after disappointing failures in many attempts and trials at Somali National Reconciliation Conference to re-instate the failed State of Somalia, the people of Puntland demonstrated their full trust in the State intitutions, while keeping the peace and security in the regions. They generously supported the successive Puntland administrations with tax revenue and patience on inadequate public service delivery.There were trying times for the continued survival of State as a functioning autonomous administration amid continued and stubborn chaos of South-Central Somalia.
As a shining example, a young man from the diaspora told me his experience when he traveled to visit his relatives in the City of Galkayo a few years ago. In town, one day he went to visit his aunt, a small shop owner. As he approached her shop, she was about to close the door to go somewhere for an half hour. The man asked her to let him in for a minute to discuss something with her. She told him she couldn’t do that as she was rushing out to pay her tax to the government. Surprised, the young guy asked her, “how could you pay tax when you don’t get any services in return?” Her response was stunning. “If the government pays the salary of these wild militia, me and my shop will be safe, and that is good enough for me”, she said.
Successive Puntland administrations, however, abysmally failed in the “Democratization Process” mandated for every elected leader, save the founding administration of 1998. Puntland failed to extirpate itself from the founding clan power-sharing arrangement, which is increasingly becoming a recipe for election violence disharmony and a threat to peace, security and unity.
Of particular disappointment in Puntland State of Somalia is the legacy of last Puntland Election in January 8, 2014, when the incumbent administration was installed amid dangerous electoral tension with a narrow minority mandate, and on a strong pledge by its Leader, Dr. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali (Gaas), to work towards multi-party Municipal and State elections by suffrage through “One Person One Vote” in 2019. It is unfortunate that we have to repeat that painful exercise one more time in 2019 Puntland Presidential Election.
The people of Puntland State of Somalia want and expect from their leaders, from now on, to solemnly commit themselves to:
  1. Lberating occupied parts of Puntland, strethening of unity and deepening peace and security in the State.
  2. Fighting against corruption in all its manifestations.
  3. Fostering socio-economic and socio-political performance and progress in both public and private sectors, while introducing and maintaining public policy initiatives and regulations for rigorous fiscal responsibility.
  4. Enlisting political pluralism, starting preparatory work from day one of the new mandate.
  5. Improving cooperation with the FGS and playing leadership role in strenthening federalism and constitutionality of Federal public institutions and operations.
The people of Puntland has been showing extreme patience for too long as they suffer under false promises and pledges on better lives by unscrupulous politicians and leaders. The time has come to demand accountability from Puntland political establishment.
A POLITICAL PLATFORM of a candidate is necessary and important to electors to know. A candidste must have a political program and a conviction to put this into actionable pledges. Ordinary person in the street should be able to know what that aspirant to public office stands for. People are tired of entertaining someone’s wish to be president without plan for action after election.
By Ismail H. Warsame

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Mogadishu, June 12, 2019

Somali political leaders attend bilateral and multi-lateral meetings unprepared, not only to contribute ideas and initiatives to the gathering, but also to get any benefits from such settings.They go there empty-handed and empty-headed. No preparation of any type precedes their attendance – not even SOMALIA’S country profile, just to forget about their national priorities, national vision and policies towards the sub-region, world peace and international security. Look, they aren’t even familiar with note-taking at meetings. The enire delegation line up at opposite side of the table devoid of pens and papers, while their counterparts are busy recording the deliberations. Empty-headed has nothing to record for posterity and doesn’t need a follow-up of events.

 

 

The root cause of this problem is not because Somalis are stupid, but because it is due to that fact that when a Somali leader is elected (selected, to be exact), his/her only concern is how to form an administration on the basis of clan and regional balance – no any attempt to seek qualified politicians, competent personnel to run the state bureaucracy and subject experts, men and women with experience in statecraft.

 

 

Take any recent conference, and you will find out that Somali delegation went there to just warm up the seats. Particular embarrassing situations happen when the Somali Head of the Delegation discuss bilateral cooperation with a host country, and since Somalis come unprepared, they cannot produce any policy documents, reports of any field, feasibility studies, state statistics in any field, state priorities or areas they need for bilateral cooperation.

 

 

 

Under this unfortunate situation, the fallback and favorite subject Somalis would always like to discuss about is the security sector (mainly about Al-Ashabab and ISIS). They have nothing else to offer to the bilateral deliberations. They talk about their country’s needs for military training and logistics, and complain about UN Arms Embargo. To every bilateral meeting they bring along a shopping list of items Somalia’s security sector requires.

 

 

 

This problem wouldn’t be fixed and wouldn’t go away unless Somalia’s leaders are ready to break from the past experiences and approach to state-building. Efficient and apolitical state bureaucracy is all that Somalia needs to avoid everyday’s embarrassment in dealing with the world community.

 

 

 

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HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT

SHARING A PERSONAL MEMORY

Garaad Jaamac, Dr. Ali Khalif Galayr and Ali Isse never understood the historic foundation and development of Puntland. They never fathom its significance and rise in a failed Somalia’s central authority. Hence, the Somali saying: “Taladaada ma qaate, tiisa ma mahadiye, tuu falay ku qabsatay” ee haatan haysata Madaxda Puntland, reer Sool, Cayn iyo Sanaag, nasiib-darro.

Perceiving Illusions — THE MIND OF RD REVILO