Somaliland Cannot Be where Some People Reap The Fruits And Others Play The Marbles

[Deeq A.]

Wealth is power. And wealth is what all people like to have. It is what all people need today and will need tomorrow. There is no human who is not wealth-oriented, big or small; it all counts.

Wealth and power are the motivators of almost all people. The combination of wealth and power is what gets people started, and when people start to make a move, things change for better or worse.

There is a wealth that all people in this country deserve to share, a prosperity that neither law nor authority can deprive of any citizen. The prosperity that Somaliland people share is probably the balance of power. It is where, if intentionally denied, conflict of interest and clashes of ideas begin. It is what can pull Somaliland togather and what can basically pull it apart.

Government positions represent as national resources allocation points. They are the pipeline that quenches the demands, requirements and needs of all people. They are the shelter that gives its shade to everybody, rich or poor. Government political posts are the pivotal places where all people not only take refuge when there is adversity, but where to pledge whenever a feel for inquality arises.

Power sharing is meant to restore balance of power among Somaliland tribes in order to prevent any one entity from becoming too strong and, thus gaining the ability to enforce its will upon the rest.

The distribution of power in Somaliland is not based on the existing political party lines. Nor it is based on rainbow-coalition affiliations. It is based on tribal lines. For Somaliland is built on tribal bases. Its politics is tribal and not ideology-based platform. Somaliland political parties are neither republicans nor democrats. This is the reality on the ground, on the picture that comes upfront, on all the scenes behind the curtains. We may have different ideas and different motives but not different realities in Somaliland. For this reason, no tribe is ready to lose its share in government positions, be they public or political.

This is the common aspect of political tribal realism, where self-preservation is a primary guiding principle. No one, regardless of who one is, what position he holds, and which clan he hails from, can be blind to it at any rate.

That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between fair and unfair in this mixed-up world — in this coalition-led Somaliland current afministration — one block blessed and the other cursed — with instant communication? Should we fight fire with fire, threats with threats?

Solutions, which fit in that frame, are likely to come if Colonel Muse Biixi and Colonel Mohamed Kahin should not take immediate review on how they have structured their administration. The government they formed, is one that is loaded from one side, a government whose largest fruits and shared prosperity sound to be planned to go to the “Rainbow coalition.”

The central point behind this is that certain clans, especially those that united in the rainbow coalition, must always have the largest privileges and benefits of all Somaliland national resources and all others play the marbles. The fact that the most powerful and beneficial ministeries went to the rainbow coalition affiliations explains the clarity to undermine the common interests. It shows that the collusion of Garadag and the gospel of Burco meeting are still underway and effectively working as planned.

We all from East and South Hargeisa communities see a series of unjust and unfair moves in this current administration. The bitter move is that Muse Biixi did not give our stake in his administration. This cannot be right and cannot be acceptable. We therefore demand our stake in the government from Muse Biixi. What we demand is what is rightfully ours.

By: Jama Falaag
jamafalaag@gmail.com

Hargeisa, Somaliland