Opposition parties in furor over IRI report on democracy in Somaliland

[Siciid1986]

Hargeysa, Somaliland, November 19, 2011 (SL Times) – The results of a survey conducted by the International Republican Institute on the Somaliland media and political parties has generated a huge controversy and tension among both the journalist community and the political opposition.

 

The Somali language newspaper Jamhuuriya, which is widely seen as a mouth-piece of the ruling KULMIYE party, is claimed as being the most widely-read journal, capturing 3% of the audience.

The IRI poll gives the KULMIYE party a popularity rate of 64% in comparison with 17% and 15% for the opposition political parties of UDUB and UCID respectively.

UDUB officials have already described the findings as an IRI conspiracy to aid KULMIYE win the next elections

 

 

SOMALILAND OPINION SURVEY

- HARGEISA DISTRICT

http://www.iri.org/sites/default/files/2011%20November%2016%20Survey%20of%20Somaliland%20Public%20Opinion,%20September%2028-October%208,%202011.pdf

[Carafaat]

IRI has been really biased in this Survey. It was conducted among 300 young people from a certain neighbourhoud in Hargeysa and not really representative for Somaliland as a whole.

 

These foreign NGO's better stay out of Somaliland politics or they better leave the country.

[Jacaylbaro]

What is the fuss ?? ..... It is just a survey in a small area of the country.

 

Didn't Kulmiye win the last elections with almost the same ratio ???

[Carafaat]

No, better check the election result. Kulmite did non win with 64% of the votes, they hardy even reached 50%.

 

And its not only about this political poll, there is more.