Somalia's Lifetime Curse: Failed State and Society

[macalimuu]

With the objectionable installation of the warlord-colonel Ina-yeey as the Somali president, followed by the appointment of Gheedi as the prime minister from the same SRRC clique of Ethiopian lackeys, the so called Somali peace process is now entering its most horrible stage.

 

Like a car, out of control, driven by drunk driver, the regime of Ghedi is crashing into a concrete wall and injuring innocent pedestrians and bystanders along its catastrophic way.

 

Ignorance and arrogance go hand in hand and when the two team up with naïveté, deliverance is categorically beyond reach.

 

From the get go, this Ethiopian formulated facade was destined to fail and bound to crash, as the drivers were blind-sided by clannish hatred and animosity.

 

After today's fateful incidents, things are dramatically moving fast on the ground.

 

The Tigre-backed faction are already putting in place their "inflated government" minus the ungrateful defectors and moving it to a " Phony Capital" while the rival warlords and their newly found "patriotic" cohorts as well as civil society are all competing to outmaneuver the bigheaded government by returning to Mogadishu.

 

A genuine democratic transition to peace and reconciliation may not be coming for long time to come. Forget about a viable functioning somali government for now. That is the last thing you will ever hear as long as we have these men as leaders and politicians.

 

This bleak future would be forever with us as long as we have this vacuum of visionary leadership and freely elected parliamentary and judiciary institutions, which are constitutionally vested with the authority to validate all modern democratic government functions and structures in accordance with a solid constitution.

 

Under the current shaky conditions and nature of the somali politics and general psyche, this is far from being realized in our lifetime!

[macalimuu]

I thought after the lenghthy and tedious successive conferences to restore peace and governance into somalia that Somali people will learn from experience and move forward with genuine reconciliation. i thought Somalia was destined as if it is primed to begin anew, to move from the relegated status of a "failed state" to a new era of nationhood.

 

I knew that the majority of the Somali people with a sense of relief and optimism were all ready to forget that the men appointed to lead the nation where the same perpetrators of the Somali civil war and tragedy. The conventional wisdom at the time was since most warlords and faction leaders were now in the government, they will venture to ensure its realization.

 

The Somali people accepted, as they had done in the past, that in the interest of peace and the restoration of stability, they would blindly sacrifice the concerns they had for the way in which the new government was structured and about the people who would be part of it, hopeful, perhaps even against their moral conviction, that the new leadership would demonstrate political maturity and patience.

 

After six months of exile, of disgraceful incidents and misguided political maneuvering and of the latest squabbling of the parliamentarians, I have become profoundly troubled that we may be once again losing the prospect of lifting our country from the ashes of war and destruction to a nation of peace, stability, prosperity and that we may be once again on a disastrous course of inflamed clannish strife that could hurt our chances for a nation and people at peace with themselves.

 

The government led by Colonel Yusuf and professor Ghedi has been unable to demonstrate a serious commitment to the peace process.

 

Their call and insistence of Ethiopian troops into Somali territory was interpreted as a strategy to subjugate and dominate certain Somali clans and to establish yet another reign of dictatorship rule dominated by clannish nepotism. The call of troops from frontline states to back up and escort the government to Mogadishu has failed to have a positive impression upon the Somali people in general and the world community at large.

 

Both the president and the prime minister showed how unfamiliar they are with the art of diplomacy and governmental functionalism. They were not ready to listen to the stance and dissenting uproar of the people at all. While ignoring all constructive suggestion from concerned intellectuals, both the president and the prime minister failed to articulate a clear vision for putting into place a real plan of creating government institutions, systems and measures critical to a smooth transition and crucial to a peaceful and stable Somalia.

 

Unfortunately, the only thing this government in exile accomplished so far is just to generate a new internal strife, divisions and discontent among its members.

[NASSIR]

Don't lose hope. There is great future ahead.

[macalimuu]

Hope is a luxury i can't afford no more.

 

Colonel Abdullahi Yusuf, is a veteran rutless warlord and has dictatorial and clannish predisposition. he cannot fairly lead a real transitional revolution. The Colonel is not a consensus builder. He is an old despot who has no vision and foresight.

 

the prime minister, a veteranarian by profession, is showing signs of infantile behaviour and bullying and now he is threatening to dismiss some members of his inflated cabinet. it is better if he does a favor for all of us and go back to tending his animals.

 

to the surprise of many, Muse Sudi an influential faction leader and another ruthless warlord of Mogadishu has been thrown to jail by Kenyan police with the consent of the president and prime minister. this is a counter- productive and again a huge miscalculation from the government side. they think using scare tactics will discourage the other camp and will finally succumb to their tyranny.

 

the mogadishu camp and the winning group of parliamentarians who opposed the Ethiopian forces intervention into the somali mess are now in preparation to relocate to Mogadishu soon. they definitely have something in mind? a scheme to cause the downfall of the SRRC faction and to overthrow Ghedi and Ina-Yeey. can you imagine what and where will this lead to? The final crumble and demise of the peace process and another gruesome violence