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[dhulQarnayn]

Originally posted by LIQAYE:

What is the position of any of the candidates on the eding of human trafficking from puntlands ports?

Ina-Adeer LIQAYE,

 

Whats wrong with people being "aided" to re-unite, albeit for a fee, with loved ones on the other side of the sea? Funny, how you give this issue a negative Connotation by calling it "human trafficking".

 

Puntland officials should butt out of such matters and desist from placing restrictions on the freedom of movement for people seeking to escape poverty and war.

 

This will only attract criminal elements to engage in people smuggling, forcing their clients to risk travelling illegally in precarious ships to reach the shores of Arabia on the other side.

 

The Puntland administration should not cater to the racist prejudices nurtured by the Arab leaders in the middle east.

 

My opposition to placing restrictions on immigration to the middle east is based on the recognition that immigration from the horn of Africa is a natural phenomenon produced by conflict, droughts and unemployment. Forcing escape out of misery of thousands, at risk of their own survival. Is this just? Certainly not.

 

Those selfish arabs should learn to live with it, and stop exploiting individuals solely out of the so-called "illegal" status. Puntland also has better things to do with funds used to fight immigration.

 

dhulQarnayn,

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[General Duke]

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[Waaheen]

Here is the intro of the Generals platform. He addresses some of the issues that the people of Puntland face and what is at stake:

 

Electoral Platform of Gen. Abdullahi Ahmed Jama for the Presidency of Puntland State of Somalia

July 20 , 2008

 

Assessment of The Current Situation of Puntland

 

It is, unfortunately, a matter of public knowledge that our Somali State of Puntland is in a deplorable state: its unity is shattered; its economy is in shambles; its territory is violated and partly occupied; its resources are squandered; its crimes are rising with kidnappings and piracy combining to put it in unfavorable international headlines; and its people have been left to fend for themselves when it comes to safety and security. The list of its ills is in fact endless.

 

 

At the root of Puntland’s morbidity is of course the total lack of good governance. It is indeed a sad commentary on the educated sons and daughters of its soil that Puntland has deteriorated to a situation bordering on anarchy. Granted that the structures of governance are there, they nevertheless lack substance and resources: there is a constitution, but no constitutionalism; there are courts, but no judicial independence; there is a legislature, but it is subordinated to the executive; and of course there are ministries, departments and other institutions, but they are poorly staffed and poorly financed. There is no accountability and the public coffer is often ransacked with impunity.

 

Puntland’s dire situation cries out for radical change and that change should come sooner rather than later if the State is to be saved, as it must be. However, the way to save it is not by maintaining a few simulacra of institutions in which administration is personalized. Nor can Puntland be salvaged by concentrating all powers in one man – or woman for that matter – who sits at the apex of a pyramidal structure. Responsibility should be collective within a system whereby power is truly shared and exercised in a manner that is transparent and subject to public scrutiny. With this in view and for the purpose of transforming Puntland into a peaceful, creative and economically dynamic state acting within the framework of a united, sovereign and federal Somali Republic I offer the following platform as a candidate for President of Puntland State.

 

You can read the details from here:

http://www.wardheernews.com/articles_08/July/Gen_Ilka_Jiir/20_Electoral_Platform.html

 

Waaheen