As a Somaliland citizen I was not supporting, in the beginning, any of Somaliland political parties, for I believed none of the Somaliland national parties have the honesty and integrity to lead the Somaliland people to the Promised Land. I was always against a new dictatorship in Republic of Somaliland, and what we are witnessing right now is some of the early signs and symptoms of a dictatorship. The news coming from the capital Hargeisa is getting worst day after day.
Our democracy is supposed to protect our freedom of speech, and freedom of speech is one of the most fundamental rights that individuals have. The Imprisonment of free thinkers is an outrageous violation of democracy.
For those people who are supporting Somaliland's sliding into dictatorship I have a massage for them "please stop supporting this process and remember that history repeats itself" and if you are blindly support the government, it might hunt you back. I you do please do not cry later like Ismail Yare, Ex Minister of Interior.
People of Somaliland; please open your eyes and you may realize we are taking a wrong path. I urge my fellow citizens to speak out against Mr. Riyaale's government and hold non-violent rallies and demonstrations across the Country.
What I hope is that the people of my country will support our democracy and support us in free and fair elections.
We have a government that their cabinet ministries have no shame to be corrupted and saying in public "we are not hungry anymore we already stole everything, and if you elect us one more time we may work for you the next time, but if you elect those hungry guys they have to take care of themselves first". One example from Somaliland Minister of Agriculture;
Wasiirka Wasaaradda Beeraha Somaliland, Aadan Axmed Cilmi ((Dhoolayare)) Hadalkiisii:
"Haddii ay noqoto in kursiga la keeno qof baahan oo dani hayso hantida ummadda wuu boobi doonaa, laakiin haddii lagu celiyo qofka dhargay ee baahi baxay isku mid maaha oo kani dalka iyo dadkaba waxbuu u qaban doonaa, waxaanan leeyahay shilintu markay neefka xoolaha qaniinto waxay isu beddeshaa Gabbaaray, markay dheregtana waxay noqotaa gofane oo dhiig dambe neefka ka jaqi maayo, waannu ka soo go'aa, siyaasadduna waa sidaas oo kaloo kuwa kursiga ku fadhiyey ee gofanaha noqday iyo dulinka yaryar ee u baahi qaba in markay kursiga fadhiistaan aanay waxba u qaban dalka ilaa intay gofane noqonayaan isku mid maaha, dadweynuhuna waa inay arrintaas ogaadaan, waxana muhiim ah in dadweynuhu kala doortaan kuwa gofanaha noqday ee baahi-baxay iyo dulinka kursiga u harraad qaba."
Shame on you Mr. Minister!
We have a government that public officials are exceeding their terms and limits to remain in office, and ignoring our constitution. The President and the Senate keep giving extensions to each other. The President and the Senate are illegally holding power, so how can this illegal Senate give extension to this President?
Early signs of dictatorship:
- Ignoring the constitution.
- Transforming news into propaganda.
- Intimidating opposition into silence.
- Violating human rights.
- Forbidding Freedom of speech.
- Imprisoning of political opponents.
- Imprisoning of journalists.
- Ignoring the expiry of the terms to remain in the Office.
Coming soon:
- Lots of statues of the favoring the president.
- photos of president all over the place
- genocide no longer looking quite so bad
- Caynaanka hay waligaa hay, iyo kaligii jiraw.
On April 6th Kulmiye party made a rally to celebrate the creation of SNM in their party headquarter after the government refused the celebration to be happen in theBEERTAXURIYADA, security was very tight and there were lot of police. After the rally they had a march to Silaanyo's home. During that peaceful march, police start opening fire to the crowd including the party leader Mr Silaanyo. After I saw this video I was shocked, those were very powerful pictures, Mr. Silaanyo and others stood up to their threats, they hold hands with each others and kept on marching, that reminded me of United Stats of America during the civil rights movement. The government should be responsible for the safety of the opposition leaders Mr. A. M Silaanyo and Mr. F.A Waraabe.
I can be silent no more, over the last few weeks my anger and disbelief have been growing. I cannot sit idly by and watch our civil liberties stripped away. I will no longer tolerate this government ignoring the Somaliland Constitution.
We would like to appeal to the President to be respectful to people in other sectors. He cannot run this government on his own, without an input from others. He needs to work closely with the opposition. They too have a role to play towards the success of his administration.
Sheekhaawi Ali
Toronto, Canada
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