Day: April 13, 2021

HOW WOULD YOU RECOMMEND TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH FARMAJO, MURSAL, FAHAD YASSIN AND DUBE, AMONG OTHER SPOILERS OF SOMALIA’S GOVERNANCE?

The international community should take due diligence not to help rolling back the modest gains of the people of Somalia, emerging from the legacy of civil war. Recognition of the Federal Government of Somalia is one of the critical achievements Somalia had gained – withdrawing it would harm Somalia beyond post-Farmajo. Defunding AMISOM would mean throwing Somalia to the wolves. It would be not only policy mistake, but also a dangerous proposition for all concerned. Relocating embassies and offices of international organizations would create a precarious power vacuum in Mogadishu. Curtailing humanitarian interventions would lead to humanity disasters. Confronting Farmajo’s regime by the International Community must be smartly handled to avoid hurting ordinary Somalis and their hope for the future.

Farmajo’s regime should be dealt with targeted and effective individual sanctions to remove obstacles towards democratic movement. In fact, IC requires doubling down on aid effectiveness and monitoring the activities of those, who are known to impede progress in Somalia.

Compelling Farmajo regime to return to the negotiating table on the basis of 17 September Agreement is the only reasonable course of action – no backing down on this principle. Resolutions and bills by a dissolved one House of Parliament alone without any consideration to the Upper House of the same legal status is a flagrant violation of the law of the land. This couldn’t stand.

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Somalia : Statement by the High Representative Josep Borrell on the current political situation

Brussels, 13/04/2021 – 17:01, UNIQUE ID: 210413_4Statements by the HR/VP

Yesterday, the Lower House of the Somali Parliament voted to a de-facto extension of the mandate of the President and the Federal government by two years following the impasse on the electoral process which should have been finalised by 8 February 2021. This action undermines the longstanding effort, supported by the EU and the international community, to rebuild Somalia through consensus.

The international community, including the EU, have repeatedly and publicly expressed that we could under no circumstances accept an extension of the government mandate, or any partial or parallel process related to the elections, without the agreement of the parties to the 17 September electoral agreement. The European Union believes that the passage and signing of this resolution will divide Somalia, impose additional delays and constitute a grave threat to the peace and stability of Somalia and its neighbours. It certainly does not serve the interests of the people of Somalia.

We call for an immediate return to talks on the holding of elections without delay based on the September 17 agreement. Failing this, the EU will consider further concrete measures.

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ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS


There are three kinds of people who get messages either visually, abstructively or by feeling. It seems to me that Mr.Farmajo understands stuff visually – he obviously neither understands communication through reason nor by feeling when others get hurt by his illegal actions and unilateral decision-making methods with regards to complex issues of national importance. In his approach to governance, he had done irreversible damages to Somalia’s national interests, and could do more, if he isn’t restrained and contained immediately. This task is not easy, if not impossible, to be handled by existing legal and traditional systems in Somalia. The traditional system of 4.5 clan power-sharing mechanism isn’t designed for conflict resolution of this nature. Balance of power between the executive, legislative and judiciary doesn’t exist in Farmajo’s world or in any other Somali rule in any part of the country. They are all tin-pot dictators.

Farmajo is different from others in the sense he had grabbed illegally total power from all branches of the national government. He is now Somalia’s Head of State and Head of government at the same time with no constitutional basis whatsoever. By the constitution, he was the Head of State, not Head of Government, until February 8, 2021.

In a move to seize total power, he had deposed the Head of government, Hassan Ali Khayre, where he started the process of security/military/legislative coup d’etat against the people of Somalia, their fledgling Federal institutions and Federal Member States. That illegal power grabbing process is now almost complete, with some works left to be done on Puntland and Jubaland still pending.

The so-called international community and Somali International Partners have been voicing concerns about abnormal developments and political shenanigans in Somalia, while appeasing the tin-pot dictator, Farmajo, in the hope that he may eventually heed to their empty rhetoric and change his ways. In vain, the IC and IP are now sucking up the embarrassment they so deservedly earned from their pathetic lack of action. It is now time for action, impose sanctions and chase out another warlord in town.

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THE STORY OF SOMALIA’S TRAGEDY CONTINUES

They say that those who don’t remember their past mistakes are condemned to repeat them. In Somalia, no lessons learnt from decades of mayhem ending up in state failure and hundreds of thousands of citizens perished. And now, with decimating Coronavirus, severe drought, and today’s state coup through already dissolved and illegitimate parlianent, the little hope people of Somalia had had in consolidating the modest gains of the last decade is slipping away before their eyes. Tin-pot dictator, Farmajo, has also been able to squander the generous help from the world community in reviving the failed State. It is a tragedy that continues unabated and risks existential threat this time around. This is a fragile country infested with tribal divisions. That is why Somali State had failed in 1991 because of one dictator. Somalia could disappear this time around because of one man dictator-to-be. Could it be saved this time around? Have your say.