Somaliland: Where the Doormen Call the Shot

[Abtigiis]

What is truly baffling about Somaliland’s secession agenda is not that it doesn’t have buyers, but that it is marketed by leaders who do not believe in it. Mohamed Haji Ibrahim Igal was a closet believer in unified Somalia; Abdirahman Tuur openly showed where his heart was soon after he left the perch of Presidency; we all know the whole gimmick was about buying houses in Cairo and renting opulent flats in Paris for Siyaad’s former spy Rayaale; and Silaanyo’s doubts about the cause of Somaliland, the one he reluctantly leads, is well acknowledged.

 

The epic duplicity and farce of these leaders’ tragic story of blind journey for a cause they don’t believe in, might sound like another episode from Greek mythology, but in actuality it is a tale that is cinematic of SNM’s political bad habit of taking its cue from the masses it is supposed to lead. The SNM, as a party, have never led its people, it always followed the verses and vagaries of the clan zealots of its base. The Interior Minister, who is veritably named duur (jungle), predictably with jungle mentality and bucolic looks, is the best that a fervently clannish base can produce as leaders.

 

It could be argued that the distinction between the SNM and ‘clan zealots’ is false, and to talk of the two as political binaries is more appropriate. It can also be argued that the ruling ideas in Somaliland are that of SNM, and because SNM was established by a clan, it cannot outgrow its primordial distinctiveness. Nor can any ‘governor’ – Rayaale or Igal – (none of whom were SNM) espouse any other ideas that are contrary to the founding ideas of SNM.

 

The sagacity of banning or harassing rival ideas (like that of unionists in SL) in this leaky age of Internet and Satellite Dishes can also be questioned. It must be lost to the SNM that contending ideas can only be defeated through compelling counterpoints, not through censorship, not through persecutions, not through depredation. But, this is a debate whose parameters I don’t wish to extend here.

 

The point to be stressed is that for twenty years, the SNM sat in the driving seat of the secession train, steering it to any lane at its sight, whether the railway is a mirage or a real one with all its fasteners, sleepers, ballast and subgrade. All this time, the doorman telling the driver which way to go with the train, even though the doorman,hanging from one side of the train, can only see what is on its side, never what lies ahead. For sure, Mohamed Kaahin can see Buuhoodle, because it lies to the Southeast of Hargeisa, but he cannot see where the self-encagement will lead to.

 

It is not because you have big and bulging eyes that you see things; it is because you have a mind that interprets what the eyes convey to it. And mind is a scare commodity in the SL enclave nowadays. How far can a train that is taking directions from a doorman go?

 

What is equally shocking is also that learned men and women from that region support this bare-faced clannish itinerary through offensive denialism, claiming that the Somaliland project is about multi-clan Statehood, only to attack the clans who disagree with their vision later. Minitd Farayar, Oodweyne, Norf, the belligerent Burahadeer, Ayoub, Suldaanka and many more in this forum dismiss legitimate criticism of their SNM and its short-sighted political agenda as the malicious propaganda of the malcontent and the envious. Wouldn’t it be utterly banal if they do so once again?

[uchi]

Could someone summaries this into 1 paragraph for me~ just the gist of it would do.

[Somalia]

Abtigiis;783955 wrote:

What is truly baffling about Somaliland’s secession agenda is not that it doesn’t have buyers, but that it is marketed by leaders who do not believe in it. Mohamed Haji Ibrahim Igal was a closet believer in unified Somalia; Abdirahman Tuur openly showed where his heart was soon after he left the perch of Presidency;

we all know the whole gimmick was about buying houses in Cairo and renting opulent flats in Paris for Siyaad’s former spy Rayaale

; and Silaanyo’s doubts about the cause of Somaliland, the one he reluctantly leads, is well acknowledged.

Wisest man in all of the land.

 

uchi;783956 wrote:

Could someone summaries this into 1 paragraph for me~ just the gist of it would do.

Somaliland gun mess'd up hard homie.

[Abtigiis]

Dear uchi,

 

The jist of it is, that Somaliland's policies and strategies are drafted in the livestock market of Hargeisa, not in the State House. And that is scary.

[Dervish]

Lol well written

[uchi]

Abtigiis;783961 wrote:

Dear uchi,

 

The jist of it is, that Somaliland's policies and strategies are drafted in the livestock market of Hargeisa, not in the State House. And that is scary.

Got it~

[MoonLight1]

The jist of it is, that Somaliland's policies and strategies are drafted in the livestock market of Hargeisa, not in the State House. And that is scary.

Wallee ishaad ka riday.

[Carafaat]

Abtigiis,

 

Even though I agree with the essence of your post here. However our judgement of the present times, cant be used or brought in equation to generalize or judge history. During the '90's Tuur(AUN) and Egaal(AUN) Somaliland's declaration of Indepedance was deliberately used by the leaders to Demobilize and to Disarm a complete nation and this with great succes.

 

The secession or seeking recongnition was not on the political agenda and only emerged during the end of Riyaale's term(from 2006 on), when the goverment institutions were standing firm and Somaliland democratized after 3 elections were held. And therefor it's logic that the doormen as you so delinquently describe, has received greater say and power in the running of the nations affairs and thus he calls and expects(recongnition) what has been promised to him for years in return for this disarmament.

 

Therefor the democraticly chosen Riyaale and Siilanyo cant do much else except that they accept the assignment given to them by the people.

Siilanyo has always said, its what the people want. Unless Siilanyo goes back to the people that have elected him and presents them with a much better package deal. And for that we definetly need a agreement with a reliable non transitional partner in Somalia.

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

If abtigis perhaps put all his energy in uniting his tribesmen under one political grouping he would have not to worry about Somaliland and its perfect policies.Its funny how one keeps talking about unity of Somalia but we hardly hear Abtigis wanting to unite Somalis and coming with real practical solutions other than empty slogans Azanians and the Kikuyus are closely related blood brothers from Kenya and helping him fight against his other supposed kin and rivals from the gedo region in the fight for the Juba regions.His habitual behavior of seeing SNM leaders and Somaliland presidents every where and everyday is pretty shocking and the latest is the most hilarious Somaliland presidents do not believe in Somaliland quest for statehood, than what is the problem why isn't there any unity between Somalia and Somaliland. Or are the real secessionist the Somalia leaders its like Somaliland holds all hope for Somalis the oppressed Abtigis in Ethiopia the partially occupied Somalis in Kenya it depends on who you speak two,Its like a never ending cycle.

[Carafaat]

Xaaji, Abtigiis Abtiyaashi ayuu talooyin siiyay. maxaa talo ku diidisaa. Aduunka waxa ugu daran qof aan lala talin.

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Carafaat;783989 wrote:

Xaaji, Abtigiis Abtiyaashi ayuu talooyin siiyay. maxaa talo ku diidisaa. Aduunka waxa ugu daran qof aan lala talin.

Abtiyadi ha u danbeyaan mu tolki la taliyo kuwaas ah tallo u bahaan eh Qeybina Kukuyaday kibaki bay Ritual Bantu Dance u ciyaaraan Qeybina Melez iyo tigrayga bay ciyaar garbood u ciyaaraan:D Waliga ma aragtay qaar iyaga oo wada doodayaa melez ba fiican maya kibaki ba fiican maya melez ba fiican maya kibaki ba fiican:D

[Carafaat]

Xaaji Xunjuf;783991 wrote:

Abtiyadi ha u danbeyaan mu tolki la taliyo kuwaas ah tallo u bahaan eh

Qeybina Kukuyaday kibaki bay Ritual Bantu Dance u ciyaaraan Qeybna Melez iyo tigrayga bay ciyaar garbood u ciyaaraan:D

O folks will dominate the politics of the Somali penisula the coming decade. From Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and even in Somaliland they will be loudly heard. Abtigiis is resposible for Somaliland.

 

Xaaji, you better become good friends with them. waa iga talo.

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

^^ No i rather deal with their masters:D

[Carafaat]

Xaaji Xunjuf;783997 wrote:

^^ No i rather deal with their masters:D

maybe you missed something. But they have bought themselves off. So there is no more master.

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Not according to Abtigis he is still oppressed by the TPLF ask him