Somali Region: Is it a Local Democracy or Local Trany?

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Somali Region, normally known ****** Region is inhabited by Somalis those have a same language, culture and religion. This Region is under the rule of successive Ethiopian Goverment. Under different regimes of ethiopian Goverment,the people living in this region have seen the most harshest trayny and subjigation. In 1991, when EPRDF led came to power they have established decentralised ethnic federlism, that gives a political autonomy to the different ethnic groups in the country, hence., like other ethnic groups, Somalis get that opportunity at the begining . Nevetheless, this long waited hope of 'good local governance'did not last long. in 1993, After political disagreement between the ONLF and ruling party, the ONLF who was a political champion of the Regional Goverment with drew from the regional goverment, which leaves a political vacuum, than the power lust TPLF cadrss did not waste their time by puting unpopular local politician in the leadership of the Region,hence this created a regional plotical system that accountable to the central goverrment leadership rather than to the local people, one of the practical example is that the so called locally elected leaders are rewarding their electorates , accusing their constituency by supporting the ONLF, by aressting, torturing and blackmailing rather than defending against the mistreatment of the irirtated militery personal. Therefore, politics in Somali Region is distorted and transformed in to 'personal enterprise'and opperesing the local people rather than competing at the suport of the local people. Thus, can we say there is a local governance in Somali Region and what can we call a locally elected MP accuses his constituency of being militant against its the existence of the law of the state. This is some thing needs for further research, if there is favuorable situation of conducting research in local governance in Somali Region.And what most striking is that Somalis in that Region hardly agree to define their political problems, hence this mis-understanding and disagreement will only prolong their suffering by the hands of childish politicians of their own.

Ilaahaw dadkay iyaga dawlad leh na tus, AAMIN