Somaliland multiparty system and tribalism. The rebirth of tribalism

[AfricaOwn]

Read this and share your thoughts

 

http://somalilandpress.com/somaliland-multiparty-system-and-tribalism.-the-rebirth-of-tribalism-35715

 

 

I thought this was bound to happen, multiparty system simply won't work in SL like the way it works in the west.

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Somaliland just needs two parties like America democrats vs republicans

[AfricaOwn]

Xaaji Xunjuf;877462 wrote:

Somaliland just needs two parties like America democrats vs republicans

I've been saying this; at best they need 2 parties if they want to go with the party system, but the current President is clueless about sub-clan rivalries apparently?. Everything is not all good in SL..I will tell you that much.

 

It'll be better if they had some sort of A clan union, rotate the presidency, each sub-clan nominates their own men/women (for now), because multiply-party system does nothing good for the people of SL.

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Actually there will be 3 political parties after November so it will be the same as before only different names and different chairpersons. But as you said i prefer two parties than you have two blocks of all the six regions instead of clan politics at a bottom level.

 

Kulmiye will come out in the next race as one of the political parties

Udub is out of the race wadani is going to replace udub

Xaqsoor and ucid one of these two will come out

 

 

so its still about the same.

 

 

This whole urur siyasadeed will end after november

[AfricaOwn]

^^^When people vote, what are they basing their vote on? Have you thought about this? These men don't have debates, no one really knows about their platform, Nothing...people are just told that elections are coming up.

[The Sage]

I think multiparty democracy is healthy for the country but there definitely should be a cap on the number of active parties as the original constitutional provision stated. It would become too easy for splintering and kinship based parties to emerge if there isn't a cap.

2 parties is way too few and it becomes only an illusion of choice like the in the US. It should be more like the multi party legislatures in Europe with 3 or 4 prominent parties. That way there will be more choices that reflect people actual values and ideologies while still preventing factionalism.

[Carafaat]

Rebirth of tribalism kulahaa. As if tribalism was ever abolished.

[Taleexi]

[DoctorKenney]

Carafaat;877823 wrote:

Rebirth of tribalism kulahaa. As if tribalism was ever abolished.

Some of our friends were under the illusion that Somaliland is some utopian unified state....someone needs to tell them otherwise

[Carafaat]

DoctorKenney;877825 wrote:

Some of our friends were under the illusion that Somaliland is some utopian unified state....someone needs to tell them otherwise

Is Somalia a unified utopian State?

[DoctorKenney]

Carafaat;877831 wrote:

Is Somalia a unified utopian State?

No...according to certain Somaliland "citizens", Somalia is just a land of pirates and criminals.

[Carafaat]

DoctorKenney;877839 wrote:

No...according to certain Somaliland "citizens", Somalia is just a land of pirates and criminals.

And according to some Somali citizens Somalilanders are murqaam most of the time. what is your point?

[Che -Guevara]

^N you accuse people of tribal sympathy.....loool

[Carafaat]

Che -Guevara;877847 wrote:

^N you accuse people of tribal sympathy.....loool

Che, nobody is immune from it.

[DoctorKenney]

Carafaat;877845 wrote:

And according to some Somali citizens Somalilanders are murqaam most of the time. what is your point?

Look man, you're either part of the problem or part of the solution. Somaliland and Puntland were in a perfect opportunity to set an example to the rest of Somalis on how a "state" should be run. But instead, they're both crippled by petty clan politics. I don't know how long it will take for Somalis to change our mindset