Simple Advice to all Stakeholders!

To the Electoral commission, to the Government, to the Political parties, to the Parliament…………..and, of course, to the mesmerized Citizens!

I have dared to take the pen after I was perplexed by the inhumane, shameful, uncivilized and endless political turmoil in our country, Somaliland. I don’t want to say much but only to highlight a straightforward solution which we can take ourselves out of the horrible situation we are in, according my logic. I hope that the concerned stakeholders will reconsider their respective interests and put the national interest on the top of the agenda.
It is easy to point fingers, but it is not my intension to do so, I preferred to catalyze the potentials of the stakeholders if they happen to love their country or continue the ‘dirty game’ if they don’t mind.

My advice is as follows:

To the Electoral Commission

It is the decision that you make today which will either destroy what we have been building for the past two decades or take us forward. You are small in number, only 7, and we have been proud of you to held free and fair election and still we believe in you but you are running out of time. Please act before it is too late. It is you who are supposed to pull the parties together and find common ground; it is you who are supposed to convince and persuade others…..it is shameful to see you taking sides, dividing yourselves into 3 to 4! Hey if you can’t win the battle just give up. But I am sure you can win but only missing one thing, the unity.

Let personal interests fade away, let party interests die and let the national interest take the lead! Today we see how bad things seem but in the face of despair you can create hope, in the face of doubt you can clear the air. Come together, discuss the issue and decide the best way forward. Call the parties before you talk to the media about what you have discussed, consult with them and convince them with openness, sacrifice extra hours if needed. But if you say we have decided so and so and sit aside……….guess what? The “game” continues and the time slips away. Then we find ourselves deep in a trouble which we have deliberately let to get worse and worse!

All eyes are on you! And time will tell what you have done to a nation which you had the chance to lead. But we the people will promise only one thing, to remember what you have done……….good or bad? The ball is in your court!!!!


To the Government and the Parliament:

There are many different types of governments in the world, including are:
• Constitutional Republic: Rule by a government composed of representatives who are voted into power by the people.
• Democratic Government: Rule by a government where all [citizens] are represented but power is held by the majority (for us restricted by Islam).
• Dictatorship: Rule by an individual who has full power over the country.
• Monarchy: Rule by an individual who has inherited the role and expects to bequeath it to their heir.
• Oligarchy: Rule by a small group of people who share similar interests or family relations.
I want you, the government and the Parliament, to look around and decide which path you want to follow. For me, I believe that we have chosen to be a Democratic Government which does not allow any thing against our Islamic Religion. Thus we expect you to work hard to get the confidence of the people. We expect you to respect each other and the only reason for your existence in nothing but to balance each other, so that the national interests are fulfilled. It is quite shameful to see each one of you (the government, Guurti and Representatives) seeing the other as an enemy! We only prosper with your unity and cooperation. I hope that you will all think again and build closer and constructive relations.
To the Parties and the Citizens:
This is what one of my foreign lecturers in the university has to say about the current situation in our country-Somaliland, ‘This is the chance of Somaliland, and it is the only chance given to Somaliland to be an independent country, if they don’t make use of the chance that is gone! And the only way that they can make use of it is; the government, the parties and the commission to give up their private mission (interest)”……many others share the same view and I hope the political Parties to come together, as usual, and find a solution.

Lastly, the people (including me), sooner or later we will have the chance to get the paper and the pen to vote. That is the time we will have our destiny on our hands! So I will expect you to make the right choice, free from everything except Somaliland’s interests.
Long live Somaliland……thanks for reading.

May Allah take us to the right path.

Jama Ismail Noor
jaamacyare11@hotmail.com
Hargeisa, Somaliland.