" Conspiracy "
- Heedless of the fact that the Republic of Somaliland is not a federal state under Mogadishu’s jurisdiction, Somalia wrote to international partners objecting their special arrangement in regard to development aid and partners’ support of democratization, security, enhancement of economy and good governance in Somaliland.
The FGS Minister of Planning, Investment and Economic Development,
Gamal Mohamed Hassan, argues that, if such an arrangement, started in
2013, is continued with ‘member states’ or any individual ‘region’, that
would have a “serious impact on the efforts to deepen federalism and
nation-building in Somalia”, implying that Somaliland was, in fact, a
member of the Somalia federal system.
The minister continues to say that any “considerations would be based on agreed frameworks, aligned with the national priorities as stipulated in the National Development Plan and should contribute positively to the unity and cohesion of the Somali people and state“.
This very bold approach on the internationally-propped, weak
government of Somalia in Mogadishu is nothing but another manifestation
of a make-believe authority that Villa Somalia harbors over the
27-year-old Republic of Somaliland.
It was this Mr. Gamal, himself, who is accused of starting the bloody
armed confrontation between Somalia’s Puntland state and Somalia by
visiting Sanaag of Somaliland as a Federal Somalia minister – the first
in over 30 years. The visit aimed to pave the way for an eventual visit
of President Farmajo in Sool and Sanaag areas at the head of which
Tukkaraq, the present battleground between the two sides, was chalked.
International partners have two options only: (a) to continue
humoring Farmajo and his non-existent Somalia government in the belief
that Mogadishu hosts a central government that includes Somaliland, or
(b) tell Villa Somalia the truth: Somaliland is not your responsibility and would be treated as such. Period.
In any case, Somaliland has to take legally concrete steps to demand
international recognition in order (a) to wriggle out from Somalia
re-domination for good, and (b) to reclaim what is legally its
diplomatically, economically and legally on all spheres which somalia
has unlawfully sequestered for itslef since the ill-fated union of 1960.
Successfully taking over the sole management of Somaliland-Somalia
airspace, Somalia will certainly pick up momentum to bag in more
victories over Somaliland in order to shore up its waning popularity and
save what remains of its playact in governance.
Find a copy of FGS Letter HERE;
http://www.somtribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Renewal-of-the-Somaliland-Special-Agreement.pdf
source: Somtribune
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