Holding the peace of Somaliland as hostage for illegal political extensions!
a) The peace and stability that prevailed in Somaliland was a people’s made undertaking
b) Rebuilding Somaliland from ground zero was the patience, perseverance and the willpower of a people’s venture
c) the people elected the government but when the term of the government expired the government did not want to go any where! They decided to join the Guurti and the Parliament. They formed ‘the club of the illegitimate Trio’ which imposed themselves on the people against their will! There is no mandate and there is no legitimacy as far as the people of Somaliland are concerned. They only represent themselves!
Now Mr. Siilanyo officially accepted and joined ‘the club of the illegitimate’.
The ‘trio’ the executive and the expired Houses continue to collect the highest salaries in the land even when the do not represent any one and not accountable to any one any more. They do not serve the people but they do serve their selves! How come? How did they do that?
Because they hold the peace and the stability which are the people’s babies’ hostage and their illegal over staying is the ransom. Holding the peace of Somaliland as ransom for staying as long as they want is a crime of international proportion against the people of Somaliland, therefore the conscionable sector of the society and the international community must come to the people’s aid and free the peace loving people of Somaliland from the said club of no conscience.
Trust betrayed
The Prophet said that “the one, who does not possess honesty, does not possess faith,
and the one who does not keep his pledge, is not a Muslim” . Siilanyo for sure did not keep his pledge to clean the corruption in Riyaale’s administration. That was the reason we elected him in the first place. Instead his administration plunged deeper and deeper in to it where by Riyaale became ‘Haji’-the leaser evil!
As Trustworthiness is a universal value as it is Islamic in its roots. All the moral values and the Islamic values revolve around the idea of trustworthiness. According to Prophet Muhammad, dishonesty shuns belief and faith. Where is that trustworthiness and honesty not only in Siilanyo’s government but also in the parliament, in Suleiman Gaal’s Guurti, in the House of Representatives and in the judiciary? The most destructive unjust deed to one’s self, family, society and state rotates around three things: lying, breaking a promise and betraying a trust.
As far as Islam is concerned, dishonesty simply opposes to true belief, real faith, and conscious submission to God, who has confided trust in human beings (Quran 33:72-73)
“It is the believers who are successful, those who Honour their trusts and their contracts…such people are the inheritors, who will inherit Firdaws (paradise) Trust-Amânah is also the mannerism of the Prophets and Messengers. In Sûrah ash-Shu`arâ ´ Allâh, Exalted is He, informs us that Nûĥ, Hûd, Ŝaliĥ, Lûţ and Shu`ayb all said, “I am to you a trustworthy Messenger.” The Messenger of Allâh (SAW) was known amongst his people, both before and after his being entrusted with the Message, as al-Amîn but where is that Amanah in Somaliland leadership who instead strife to enrich them selves from the public purse and want to stay in their position as long as they want?
Evil erected barricades
Suleiman Gaal, the illegitimate chairman of the expired illegitimate ‘Guurti’ called for that body to close their eyes so that they do not see the anger of the people. He told them to cover their ears as not to hear the people’s cry for justice and legitimacy and the administration hailed their man by what (the evil thing) he did! This is unconscionable and immoral in its track. However and on the contrary this is what Allah (swt) said, “If thou callest them to guidance they hear not, thou wilt see them looking at thee but they see not! It had eyes but refused to see. It had ears but refused to hear. It had intelligence but it blocked up its channels of understanding. Evil erected barricades for itself. (Alacraaf) In other verses from the Quran, Allah warned his servants and said, “Why ye hasten on the evil in preference to the good.”
We wonder Why Somaliland leadership particularly Suleiman Gaal and the administration are hastening on the evil in Preference to the common good?
Why do they reject to operate with in the confines of the constitution and the common good? Why are they causing conflicts and unrest in the land? Evil erected barricades?
Why do they reject consultation and correction? Why do they hate the conscionable? Why do they embrace the unabashed and the corrupted and the cabal? They did that because they are not honest and they are like poles. They attract each other while they rebel the good and the conscionable, unlike poles.
Why are they stepping up to dismantle and destroy Somaliland by their unconstitutional and wicked actions of over staying while collecting salaries from the public purse?
In this, Allah said again “And if they see the way of Right conduct they will not adopt-But if they see the way of blunder that is the way they adopt” (Alacraaf) such people are astray in a long distance thus must be checked.
Allah warned his servants and said, “The ones who buy error in place of guidance and torment in place of forgiveness, ah, what blindness they show for the Hell fire” (Albaqra)
Elected Presidents pass the mantle after their terms expired. Former President Riyaale passed the mantle to Siilanyo. Mr. Siilanyo rejected to follow the constitution and he decided to stay put and join the other illegitimate houses of congress. His cousin who happened to be the chairman of an expired body called Guurti encouraged him to stay
In this situation there are two issues here.
a) One is that the president is not aware of the consequences of what he has done!
b) The other is that the President is aware of what he has done and intended not to respect the people put him there for a term contract, and not to respect the law of the land
c) The third one is that he deliberately mocked the constitution of the Republic and does not care the consequences.
Put the three together and you will conclude that treason has been committed or diminishing capacity is apparent on the part of the now former President who refused to relinquish power after his term is expired. In such circumstance the people must act on these situation and salvage the Republic in a peaceful manner.
“The seeds of the destruction of states are sown deep within their leaders and political institutions. States fail when they are consumed by corruption with out bounds, injustice, incompetent officials, internal squabble, conflicts and violence. Such governments lose credibility. People don’t trust the government and the government does not trust her people. In such situation the continuing nature of the state itself becomes questionable and illegitimate and not valid in the hearts and minds of its citizens.” Constitutionally and in the hearts and minds of Somaliland citizens the continuing nature of Siialnyo’s administration became questionable and now became illegitimate after June 26, 2015. The two houses of congress are already illegitimate for their terms in office were expired long time ago. Together the ‘Trio’ is illegitimate bodies, they are not accountable to the people any more but to their own interests instead.
“When governments are collapsing, the process of disintegration of a failed government damages all institutions and destroys the underlying understandings between the governor and the governed.” This was true in Siilanyo administration where there was a distance between the people and the government.
Unconscionable elements deceive the people and get their way into power in some fashion or the other. Deceptive leaders reject to relinquish power even when their capacity is diminishing, even when they are too sick to execute their duties and even when the country is slipping into disintegration, chaos and civil unrest.
When you do evil by not respecting the constitution and not listening your people and not learning your mistakes you then allow evil to occur. Somaliland leadership does it and let evil occur. This is what is happening in Somaliland!
Chairman Suleiman Gaal who is illegitimate himself Oked the de-legitimization of the executive branch when he renewed for extra years for the President. Suleiman himself is illegitimate and chairs an illegitimate body its term of office expired long time again. The executive is pleased to be there with his twin brothers the ‘Guurti and the Parliament’ which are already ill-legitimate for so long. Now the ‘Trio’ is illegitimate but they don’t care. They made Somaliland the laughing stock of the world.
Chairman Suleiman may help his cousin by his (illegitimate) stamp of approval to stay beyond his term in office even when this defies the constitution of the state. The question is-how far can this sustain?
The chairman seemed sticking on the script of the exclusive tribal gathering in “Garadag” the tribal home land of the two which he pledged there that he will support his cousin in all situations. The point not considered was that when Mr. Suleiman executes the tribal recommendation he forfeits the holy prophetic command which says,” Support your brother when he is wrong by telling him that he is wrong and thus stop him to cause harm” Suleiman is not following what our Prophet commanded us to do, neither is he following the constitution of the Republic therefore in this situation Satan, greed and the clan led-mentality seems prevailing. When things happen this way, expect nothing good coming from it.
In Somalia, Siyad Bare emphatically said, “If you kick me out, Somalia will go with me” meaning no more Somalia after me. What are Siilanyo and Suleiman saying at this juncture of the history of Somaliland Republic?! They seem travelling on the same road Siyad did!
Late Egale of Somaliland was attributed that he said,” Somaliland people are simpletons but I don’t want to take advantage of their situation. Some one else will come after me and will take advantage of them” well, that is not so accurate. Late Egale himself took advantage of the people he called them simpletons but on the other hand President Egale established All the institutions President Siilanyo has undermined, degraded and fatally damaged. Siilanyo may be the one President Egale prophesied. The people are not simpletons but they love the peace and stability they have established.
Idiot’s delight
Defying all laws, the law of consequences included, the ‘Club of the Illegitimate’ probably in silence sing this distasteful song: “We the (Guurti, house of the Representatives and the executive) ‘Trio’ are laughing at those (Somaliland people) simpletons who believed everything they hear and who allow them selves to be bribed and caught so easily in the traps set for them. Together we are the ‘Trio’ and together we are the power. We have the gun and the (money) “Gunad” Madasha, Somaliland Watch and the conscionable sector of the civil society don’t have what we have. Sing brother sing; sing as loud as you can but not that loud. After all who cares? We see not what the Madasha, Somaliland Watch and other crazies are seeing. Chairman Suleiman told us to close our eyes and cover our ears thus we don’t see you people and we don’t hear you and we don’t care the noises coming from the international community” but they don’t see the volcano they are sitting on! It is just waiting to explode because evil blockaded their faculties.
In “Alancaam” Allah said, “Thus we have placed leaders in every town its wicked men to plot and burrow their in-But they only plot against their sole and they perceived not.” Also Allah said.” Allah guides not the snares of the false ones” thus keep hope alive.
However peace and prayers
Ibrahim M Mead
Executive Director
Somaliland Watch
Ottawa, Canada