Press release: PDF and Somali Diaspora community are concerned

[Fiqikhayre]

Press Release by Puntland Diaspora Forum PDF and Somali Diaspora

 

 

Press release: PDF and Somali Diaspora community are concerned the new Federal Government might not safeguard the integrity of the Federal Constitution of Somalia.

 

www.puntlanddiaspora.org

 

mediarelations@puntlanddiaspora.org

 

To: The Somali Government and the International Community

 

Your Excellencies,

 

Members of Puntland Diaspora Forum (PDF) around the world have welcomed the election of the current President Hon. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, his Cabinet, the Somali Parliamentarians, and the process that ended the country’s status as a transitional government. All Somalis in the Diaspora and in the homeland were enthusiastic and optimistic about the future of Somalia, and were ready to support the new government to lead the country to a new era of peace, true reconciliation and development.

 

PDF and its members are glad to see the quick decrease of wanton destruction of human life, piracy activities, human smuggling and other crimes that blighted Somalia for the past 20 years. This improvement came through the combined efforts of the Federal and local administrations, including Puntland State, but mainly through the military and material support from the International Community.

 

It is possible that many Somalis living in Somalia have lost the concept or personal experience of an effective and peaceful Somali State, especially in terms of democratic institutions, good governance and the requisite qualities of national leadership. It is appreciated that more than anything, all Somalis need a deep political-culture change. All the same, given sufficient good will, abiding by rudimentary agreements and rules should not be beyond any current Somali politician.

 

Despite the chaos that has reigned in Somalia for the last two decades, the TFG and the Internal Community managed to draft a new Roadmap in (2010) to timeline the way forward. A draft Constitution (2012) was ratified through a series of intense collaborative processes involving the Federal Transitional Government, the Regional States, and other Somali stakeholders.

 

Implementing the principles outlined in these documents as agreed by all these stakeholders was to provide a tangible basis for the way forward and to outline opportunities for reconciliation on divisive issues.

 

However, PDF and other Somali Diaspora communities now have serious concerns about the direction the new Federal Government seems to be taking, a direction quite different from that mandated in the ratified agreements.

 

For instance, recent remarks made by the new President hinted at his Excellency’s intention to revisit the agreed upon Constitutional principles with respect to central aspects like land and regional autonomies.

 

Any Mogadishu-centric such attempt would undermine, or undo, the significance of the ratified Draft Constitution, which is the most important political achievement in Somalia’s recent history.

 

PDF does not and would not support any political acrobatic maneuvres or actions that would jeopardize or weaken the relationship between the regional states and the Federal Government. We only want to urge the Federal Government and regional administrations, with the assistance of the International Community, to safeguard the integrity of the Federal Constitution of Somalia and the fundamental principles agreed upon by:

 

• Respecting the principle of the Federal Constitution with regard to regional boundaries and resources

 

• Encouraging local, regional, and federal collaboration on good governance

 

• With help from reliable friendly States and in close partnership and consultation with regional states, to re-establish an effective and inclusive National Army and Border Police whose cadres are recruited from all regions, trained inside the country and accountable only to professional Somali officers

 

• Sharing international aid and support, whether humanitarian, developmental or security equitably between the existing regional administrations and the Federal Government

 

• Including Puntland and other affected key stakeholders from Awdal State, Sool, Sanaag & Cayn regions of ex-British Somaliland in any consultation between Somaliland and the Federal Government of Somalia, if the intention of these meetings is to achieve a lasting peace in that area

 

• Developing a national strategy for the repatriation of our refugees (IDP/EDP) who have been living in inhumane conditions for more than 20 years. This is an urgent matter. The international community should support this.

 

• Resolving land and property issues. In reality, today millions of Somalis can’t go back to their homeland due to illegal occupation of their land, their homes, and other properties. The success of repatriation and true re-conciliation therefore depends on how quickly this issue is resolved.

 

PDF’s public relations

[Fiqikhayre]

Garoowe:Masuliyin ka mida Puntland oo walaac ka muujiyey qodobo ay jibisay dawlada federka,kana digay faragelinta maba’dida Federalis-ka.

 

18. januar 2013

 

APL

 

Qaar ka mid ah xubnaha golayaasha dawladda Puntland aya walaac ka muujiyey habka madaxda dawladda Federalka Soomaaliya ay ugu hadleen Dastuurka Soomaaliya,gaar ahaan qodobka Federalism-ka & qodobo asaasi u ahaa Dastuurka oo baarlamaanka Soomaaliya uu laalay.

 

Xubnahan oo ka qayb-galyey dood lagag hadlay nidaamka Federalism-ka ee saldhiga u ah Dastuurka Soonmaaliya & kan Puntland laguna qbatay xarunta cilmi baarista Puntland ee PDRC,ayaa waxaa kele ka qaybqaatay qaar ka mid ah ardayda jaamacadaha & uruarada bulshada rayidka ah.

 

Xildhiban C/laahi Maxamed Jaamac (Quran jecel) oo ka mid ahaa martida dooda ayaa sheegay in baarlamaanka Soomaaliya uu laalay 24-qodob,taasoo ay ka mid tahay laalida golahii sare baarlamanka,& qodobo kele oo aan waxba laga bedeli Karin kana mid ah kuwa xuddunta u Dastuurka ee aan waxba laga bdedli Karin.

 

Xildhibaanka ayaa eeda ugu weyn saaray madaxweyne Xasan Shiikh oo uu sheegay inuu markuu hadlayo inta badan uu shaki geliyo nidmaaka Federaalka & Dastuurkii lagu soo dhisay dawladda uu madaxda ka yahay,wuxuuna ugu baaqay inuu sharciga dalka ilaaliyo.

 

Quraan Jecel ayaa tilmaamay in Somaaliya ay wada qaadatay dawlad Federaala,wuxuu cuskaday in wax laga bartay waayihii la soo maray qaran jabkii Soomaaliya oo dalku ahaa hal magaalo,wuxuu xusay inuu faa’ido ugu jiro dadweynaha Soomaliyed oo dhan.

 

“Puntland dastuurkeeda waxaa ku qoran in aysan Puntland ogalaanayn waxaan ahayn Federalsim,dastuurka Somaliya-na waa ku qorantahay marka maaha in sharciga la jebiyo Puntland horsed bay u ahayd hanaankii dalka looga saarayey kumelgarnimada,asaasitaankii dawladda Federlka”ayuu yiri xildhiban Quran jecel.

 

Dhinaca kele Wasiirada Warfaafinta Maxamuud Caydiid Dirir,Wasiirka Caddalada Cabdi Khaliif Ajaayo ayaa masuuliyiinta dawladda federaalku ugu baaqay inaysan dilin rajadii Somalidu ku qabtay ee ahayd in laga gudbay musuqmaasuq,cadaalada daro & jebinta sharciga,waxayana si adag u jeediyeen inaan madaxda dawladda Somaliya & baarlamanku ay ka digtonadan mabaadida nidaamka Fedraalka ee Somaliya.

 

Waxay ugu baqeen Madaxweynaha,barlamaanka & golaha xukuumadda Somaliya u inaysan ku degdegin arimaha qaarkood oo xaasisayad kicin kara, cadaaladda ayay sheegeen inay abaraan,tusaale ayay u soo qateen wadahada dawladda F Somaliya & Somaliland oo ay shegen in hadda ka hor uu madaxweynuhu u hanbaleyey Somaliland,iyadoo xilligaas ay xusen in degaano ka mid ah Puntland ay ciidmada Somaliland ay dad ku laynayeen.

[oba hiloowlow]

nothing than just bacaac

[Mooge]

here comes mujahid Faroole. the wave is coming. the giant is ready to have coffee.

 

i told you ha sugiwaayina.

[N.O.R.F]

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Mooge;909607 wrote:

here comes mujahid Faroole. the wave is coming. the giant is ready to have coffee.

 

i told you ha sugiwaayina.

FAROOLE wali ma hadlin qurba joogti ba hadashay faroole wanu sugayna ninkaas marku micrifoonka qabsadu u know whats coming

walahi with out faroole Somalia politics is no fun.

[Jacaylbaro]

Including Puntland and other affected key stakeholders from Awdal State, Sool, Sanaag & Cayn regions of ex-British Somaliland in any consultation between Somaliland and the Federal Government of Somalia, if the intention of these meetings is to achieve a lasting peace in that area

:D ..... Bacaac iyo weliba badh.

[Somalia]

I will be Faroole's bloodrider if the constitution is changed before it is put up for a referendum.

[Haatu]

Some people are just screaming to be noticed

[Jacaylbaro]

... and they are not that important now

[Haatu]

Jacaylbaro;909632 wrote:

... and they are not that important now

:D

[Waranle_Warrior]

Another dispute and a new political wranglings within Somalis is not good, that will take us disappointingly few steps back, may god. I hope both the entities or the politicians concerned the respect the law and also turn their tone into diplomacy.