Puntland accepts UN's invitation to Nairobi Conf. on Somalia TransitionConsultation of Stakeholders

[Fiqikhayre]

Last week Dr. Augustine Mahiga, the UN Special representative to Somalia came to Garoowe to hand a personal invitation to Puntland and it's leader foremost the President Dr. Abdirahman Farole an invitation to the Nairobi Conference whereby the Stakeholders in Somalia will consult on the way forward to final peace and the transition into a proper Somali government that is not managed by the UN.

 

Somalia has been in transition since 2004 and had for the last 7 years only an interim government. The Nairobi Conference is a chance whereby Somalis can come and sit together to agree on how they could manage that transition and the agreed power formula of 4.5 changed.

 

We all know that Somalia needs a new beginning starting with a new leadership in place. We also need a new and more democratic formula and for once and all drop the 4.5 which is a shameless formula adopted in Arte Djibouti in 2000.

 

We also need to agree on the draft consultation and sign it so that the powers of the President and Prime Minister if there's one to begin with which had been a prime factor of this current TFG's inner fightings and disputes to be settled at once and all. Everyone then would have a clear path and work frame to attend to.

 

Puntland thus proposed a road map on how Somalis could manage that transition and how a self governing and self reliable government that is lasting and proper can be achieved.

 

For this to have success we need all other Somali stakeholders to contribute to their best of ability, with recommendations, proposals and ideas coming from these stakeholders and present it in Nairobi's April conference.

 

Somalia is as of now on a crossroad, may God guide and help her. Amiin