Somalia: Is Puntland Drifting Towards Collapse?

[Jacaylbaro]

Puntland president, Abdirahman Mohamud Farole , is facing security challenges that his predecessors did not face.

 

President Farole was in Kenya and having a photo-op with American Embassy officials in Nairobi when a judge and a member of Punltand people’s assembly were murdered in Bosaso and Garowe respectively.

 

A hand grenade was thrown into Punt land’s local government offices in Galka’yo in the same day. Almost two weeks ago the Puntland president asked people in Puntland to trust in the ability of his government’s security forces to deal with mounting insecurity and violence in Puntland. Without having solid evidence president of Puntland implied that people coming from other parts of Somalia and Somali populated territories in Ethiopia endanger Puntland security.

 

Puntland’s security related problems partly lie in the misuse of resources for political and personal purposes. Puntland mistakenly believes that it has a Secret Service known as Puntland Intelligence Service (PSI). Since Puntland is an administration based on a clan consensus, why its political leaders have chosen to mislead people into believing PIS is as adept at “ counter-terrorism” as Ethiopia’s or Kenya’s or Djibouti’s secret services is not known.

 

Puntland may collapse if president Farole does not avoid pinning blame on external forces. Candid discussion of Puntland’s problems can start from figuring out what is the direct and indirect role of Puntland government in security and economic woes.

 

If the assassins targeting government officials are linked to ‘extremist groups’, who created conditions in which one can carry out targeted killings and bombing? Puntland has moved from honesty and self-criticism based positive clan consensus that gave the Puntlanders the relative peace they enjoyed for ten years. If Puntlanders see that public resources are being misused, Puntland government will be gradually paving the way for the break up of Puntland into clan fiefdoms, each using a system of self-rule —traditional or religion based –to try to coexist with each other peacefully.

 

 

Liban Ahmad

Libahm@gmail.com

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

I do not think “Pirate-land” is heading for a collapse. Since, something to collapse presuppose the existing of structure (or at the very least identifiable layers of systematic edifice in the first place

[Peace Action]

Carry on boys, Puntland is collapsing, no it is not collapsing since it never existed.

 

The fact that you are obssessed with Puntland shows you are merely wishing the state to cease to exist for your own selfish "gooni isutaag".

[Qudhac]

waar ka daaya...

 

faroole took the wrong guy for his presidencial ransom holding, he should have done it to obama or someone with money....

 

WARYAA OBAMA LACAGTA MARAYKANKA INTAYADII NA SII

[Thankful]

Whats up with all these NW Somalis, flooding the site with negative news about Puntland? But they never post anything about how they are no longer a democracy, how a former Siad Barre refuses to hold elections.

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

^^Former siyadist who are from somaliland are not discriminated in somaliland sxb wadanka way ka talinayaan its just Siyadist koonfurians are not welcome in somaliland

[AfricaOwn]

The collapse of puntland or not shouldn't be of your concern Jac. You're sounding like these emotional garowe boys more everyday. They're success and failure should be irrelevant to us.

[Thankful]

I think deep deep down inside, that little voice is telling him that he is from Somalia.

 

Regardless what NW Somalis might say about Puntland. Our leaders can be switched and new ones can be brought in. I know you will say they are family members, brothers and stuff. But no matter what, one guy is running the show, and can be switched and a new person is. In NW Somalia, it is one guy and only one guy that is in power, who had elections cancelled numerous times. There is no date given for a future elections.

[AfricaOwn]

^^You were on that BS for a minute now. We're not a democracy state blah blah..so F** what? As long as we continue to have borders between us its all good.

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Yes but we rather have one guy ruling somaliland .rather then a incompetent leader

Who cant even secure Galkacyo or protect his cabinet members, its not about changing leaders its about having the right leader to accomplish the mission.

 

How many leaders did Somali had since 1991

Cali mahdi

Caydiid

Abdiqaasim salad boy

Inkaarqabihi mudug yey

Sh dalxiis

 

Way is bad badaleen maxay soo kordhiyeen laakin

While Somaliland had 3 presidents so far

 

Abdiraxmaan axmed cali aun

Maxammad xaji iebrahien cigaal aun

And daahir riyaale kahin

[Jacaylbaro]

I'm not wishing Bugland to collapse and i'm just posting an opinion of someone ,,,, I still need Bugland to exist sxb ,,, that is my interest.

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Buuqlaand inu buuq ka dhaco anagu raali kama nihin.

[RedSea]

Puntland idinkaaba magac siinaya. Hadii aad bal faraha ka qaadan maxay ahaan lahaayeen, waxba. Hadal haytiina ayaa puntland ka dhigaysaa in ay tahay gobol sifiican loo maamulo.

[Kamaavi]

Where is Duke horta?

[rudy-Diiriye]

Hes searching for the next uncle...he has no idea next uncle will be a member of alshabab!