Cowke Assessment Of Puntland And SSC. Who Is Right?

[Cowke]

This issue of farole and ssc has disturbed me for a while and seeing the latest press release from president farole regarding the ssc regions I must say I don't like it and at the same time I agree with him.

 

The following reasons are why I agree with farole on regarding his policy towards ssc:

 

1.In order to achieve a united federal somalia we need to make puntland work. It's bit hard to unite somalia if garowe and las anod which are only 80km apart can not get along don't you think!!! Puntland unity is paramount to achieve united federal somalia because it can serve as an example of how many clans can come under 1 government and work together.

 

2.Secondly ignoring las anod for the time being can be seen as wise move because this allows the inter-clan conflict at hargeisa reach crisis point. We shouldn't give them any excuses to delay the election because this will decide if somaliland remain united or divided after this election. We all aware the oodweyne people will not be silly enough to stand by and watch Siilanyo take office without stopping him or at the very least leaving somaliland to join somalia in order to get away from his wrath. Whilst we are fully aware that siilanyo won't tolerate another udub term be it rayale or anyone else from udub and he may use violence or reunion with somalia as a response if udub stays in power after june 26 election.

 

3. The people who are calling for this ssc thing are the same people who were cheering somaliland just 1 year ago, therefore it is very suspicious why all of a sudden they are behind this ssc bandwagon.

 

4. The division among the local clans in ssc can cause a great conflict unless political consensus is reached within the clan. Violence may take the city back but what's the point of that if they will end having more xabsades running back to somaliland and bringing snm thugs to take over the city? A political resolution is crucial to guarantee that this sort of mess doesn't happen again in the future.

 

5. Puntland has spent alot of resources and man-power in the said region since 1998, puntland literally can't afford to sit at las anod for over 10 years and constantly keep defending it from money-hungry self-proclaimed ssc politicians.

 

6. Puntland SSC members who are in garowe are nothing like the ones in hargeisa, why? because legally speaking the ssc members of parliament are elected by their elders and the elder must sign a declaration paper authorizing that these ssc members of parliament are allowed to participate in puntland politics. It's completely opposite for hargeisa, the ssc members over there are there not because they represent their people but because they are respresenting their backpocket interest and infact from legal standpoint don't have the authorization of their elders nor constitieuncy to go over to hargeisa.

 

 

7. Puntland and Somaliland has divided the ssc people therefore it's best to separate from both entities and form their own administration. Now that arguement I can't agree with because if that was true why were the majority of ssc clan elders signing contracts with puntland?

 

 

Lets assess who is missing? Two Garad jamacs are missing, the rest are there. So will the ssc future be put on stand-by just for two garaads considering the majority support puntland as can be seen from the picture above at the puntland and ssc elders confirming their support for puntland?

 

7. The khusuusi said that if 60% of the garaads all vote 1 way then all opposition must follow the majority. This doesn't seem to occur considering the two garad jamacs are without a doubt breaking the very khusuusi they signed and agreed to. Because more then 60% of the garaads where at puntland re-affirming their support as can be seen from the contracts that were signed between Gen.Ilkajir and the garaads. The two garaads in opposition should forget their personal ambitions and join where the majority of ssc elders support that is if they are truly genuine to the "cause" of ssc but like i said i am personally suspicious of their motives and that is 1 of the reasons why I am.

 

8. Puntlanders are not happy that their boys are dying since 1998 defending sool whilst the like casoowe/qaybe/xabsade are drinking tea in hargeisa and no darwish person is stopping them. This issue is not 1 time issue but has been occuring since 1998 with no long term solution in sight.

 

Now the areas that I do agree with the ssc people are the following:

 

1. If puntland can't defend it legal borders(remember the garads have given puntland legal permissiability) therefore puntland shouldn't disturb ssc movement that will allow them to re-take their city.

 

2. Darwish-State that is apart of Somalia shouldn't be seen as threat but confirmation of another region that is autonomous and also apart of federal somalia. This argument clashes with the "If Las anod and Garowe who are 80km apart geographically can not get along how can they get along with somalis in hamar or hargeisa"

 

3. Some ssc people feel that they don't want to be seen just as vice-president of puntland and want to be seen as leaders and hence want a darwish-state. This issue has been solved by introducing multi parties and dropping the 66 man system. Even though I personally don't agree with dropping the 66 man system, I personally prefer if it was modified or fine-tuned to satisfy the local needs. Puntland is 8 regions. 4 of those regions are ssdf inhabited(bari,mudug,nugal,karkar). The darwish inhabit two regions(sool/cayn). The makhiris (sanaag/hayland). As you can see half is definitely going to the ssdf and it's not an injustice because waa sidi loo kala degan yahay. I mean even when puntland was the original 5 regions (bari, mudug, nugal, sool, sanaag). Still at least 60% was ssdf and it's not because of injustices but thats just how the tribes reside!!! We can't solve injustices by taking away something that belongs to someone else and then give it to someone who doesn't truly deserve it and this causes a "real injustice" to occur.

 

My solution would be to reform the 66 man system the following way:

 

If an ssdf person is president, then at election time make no ssdf candidates should be able to run for president and the election candidates can only be between those who are not in the president seat. Same deal. If makhiri is president at election time only non-makhiris can run for president. This will level out the playing field for the president post.

 

The huge problem I saw at puntland is at election time you will see 15 candidates and 10 of them are ssdf. LOL. What chance does anyone else have? very little chance and I believe m formula would fix that and share he president seat fairly without taking the rights away from another clan be it ssdf/makhiri/darwish or any other clan running.

 

4. Emotionally speaking as d-block we should support what the darwish people do. Emotionally yes i support the darwish state, however politically or logically speaking when the ssc case is assessed then the evidence is totally against them and I can't support it if I am sane minded.

 

5. When Puntlanders were divided between jamac ali jamac and abdullahi yusuf noone said "ssdf is divided" therefore lets just not get involved. This point is half true however what is is not mentioned is the jamac ali jamac vs abdullahi yusuf war was 1 of occasion and it didn't happen for 12 years straight. The beef happened and is over and it hasn't occurred again since 2002. The ssc case has been happening since 1998 till today, it's not 1 time issue and puntland has spent resources and manpower ever since 1998 till 2007 and still those regions are the same and not resolving these issues that is occurring inside them for a very very long time unlike jamac ali jamac vs abdullahi yusuf issue which was resolved and hasn't occured again.

 

In conclusion when all is said and done and the insults and crying games is over and the puntland ssc case is assessed based on knowledge and evidence we can see clearly puntland still is correct and the ssc people unfortunately have some very misguided leaders.

[A_Khadar]

Waryaa Cawke are having nightmares about SSC lately? Adeer ka har SSC minds only their bussiness.

[Cowke]

Khadar hadi laga haro ssc maxan hamar ula tageyna? we can't even get along with our own kins baan ugu sheekayneyna usc-da? ma waxaan u sheegayna las anod iyo garowe oo 80km isku jiro hal mamul ma yeelan karan lakinse garowe iyo hamar hal mamuul wuu yeelan kara? war caqli ma ahan waxaas. Ka har is not answer!!! Any solution to ssc must take into consideration somalia.