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Parliamentary Speaker reaffirms stance on Somaliland’s sovereignty
June 30, 2011 · 40 Comments
HARGEISA (SomalilandPress)—Somaliland’s speaker Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi (Airo) reaffirmed that Somaliland’s sovereignty is non-negotiable while speaking to the VOA’s Somali service yesterday. Mr. Abdullahi made clear Somaliland’s stance on sovereignty as he spoke with the local press on his way back from Djibouti where he was leading a delegation from Somaliland taking part in celebrations to mark the 34th anniverasy of Djibouti’s independence anniversary from France.
Speaker Abdillahi was responding to a statement made by Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed in which he said southern Somalia was ready to apologise for the atrocities that were committed against the people of Somaliland by the previous Siad Barre government. Speaker Abdullahi is the second Somaliland government official that has thus far responded to President Sheikh Sharif by saying to him thanks but no thanks, making clear that Somaliland will stay sovereign from the rest of Somalia.
The Somaliland President has yet to formally respond to President Sheikh Sharif’s statement concerning the apology concerning the atrocities committed throughout the 1980’s.
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Somaliland has decided and there is no going back. Period.
NO you ISAAQ decided NOT us the rest of the TRIBES OF SOMALILANS REMEMBER WE ALL SO HAVE SAY IN WHERE OUR CIUNTRY GOES!
SO A DHULBAHNTE I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE SOMALILAND GOVERNMENT TO MAKE SURE ALL TRIBES ARE HAPPY AND NOT JUST ONE TRIBE. MOST OF OUR REGION DIDNT EVEN TAKE PART OF THE REFRENDUM
Speak only for your Dhulbhante sub-clan brother and not ALL Dhulbhante. Their are no wars going on in Sanaag, and Sool has become nice now. The only trouble makers still running around are Rar Buhoodle and they are currently in dialogue with the Somaliland government. Finally, the SSC has agreed to a long-term peace with Somaliland government and the government has promised to ensure Dhulbhante areas will be given a fair share of power and development. WIN-WIN for the peace lovers and a bitter day for the ANTI-ISAAQ warmongers.
READ BROTHA READ AND DON'T JUST FLAP YOUR LIPS!
Going back is not even an option. The people of Somaliland decided that 20 years ago and that will remain the case forever.
Asalam
Though I agree with you, I wonder if Somaliland cares enough to help mend relationships with the rest of Somalia?
Somaliland is "peaceful" now by the Grace of Allah, I think we need to have an attitude that says we "CARE" about Somali and will help our Muslim brothers through these trying times.
Salam
Somalilanders have time and time expressed their CARE towards what is happening in Somalia. They and I have asked for the trouble makers to stop making things worse by attacking us. As this will only further agitate the already taut situation by inflaming negative feelings and creating future hatred. So I think you should be aiming this to those who are paid to cause hardship to the Somalilanders by claiming to speak for Somalia???
Thanks and no thanks
Sharma'arke: Please come to your sense and stop hating your country. Dhulbahante is among its people and the country is not ruled by tribes but by law and constitution. Come on board if you are not there yet. Somaliland is here to stay and will protect its territory with force if necessary, so do not waste your time and effort. Ride the train before it reaches its destination.
Too late and too little to shade crocodile tears now. Somaliland is gone forever!!
sharmake hasnt said anything bad…like everyone else dhulbahante want their right… as i can read he never denied somaliland but he said the government has to make sure all somalilanders are happy … in everything you will see people who are against or with so everyone opinion is welcomed.. somaliland is a country itself and insha allah it will be an example for others as well.. may allah have mercy on us and others..
loool…the brother specified properly when he said the rest of somaliland tribes have their say as well where our country goes but i was laughing when he said you issaq…may allah give you whatever you want in this life and hereafter
Go back to what.? I don't even know what why he has to confirm somaliland's stance.
The reality speaks for itself: God bless, Somaliland is a functioning democratic state with institutions.
Local councils, Parliment, courts, House of elders, Universities, diplomatic relations with the interantional community. Everybody in the world knows we have been a state for the past 21 years.
Who do we go back to criminal mafias in destroyed Mogudishu and the dugsi educated crook.
There is nothing they can do to Somaliland. These people do not even have mercy for their own people in Southern Somalia. Their so called leaders are picked by Egypt (Abdi qassim), Ethiopia (Sherif Aden) and the west (dugsi educated so called president).
Our leaders, intellectuals, and elders care about their people and that is why Somaliland is where it is today.
We have not been expecting the world to solve our problems, but we have solved it our own.
At least and finally, he the first head of the Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government who confirms the autrocity against Somalilanders. It was always denial, denial and denial from government and the people alike. It was a long time coming, but as all other above said, it is too little too late. And yes, of course, the sovereignty of Somaliland is not negotiable. The only thing we Somalilanders want from Somali South is their blessings, cooperation, peace, and good neighbours anything other than that is impossible.
LOL
An Isaaq SNM man reaffirms stance on his ONE TRIBE region’s sovereignty!!
What a good laugh!!!
SO WHAT DAROOD MAN
there is only one important point in sharif's speech He bravely and loudly stated the genocide or all atrocities somalilanders experienced during the 31 years of union with south Somalia
Fact #1: SNM single handedly fought for Somaliland and for the freedom the people of Somaliland enjoy today
#2: It protected the rights of minorities throughout Somaliland and ensured smooth transition of power
from the freedom fighters to civilian government through transitional president C/raxmaan Tuur
#3: Then gauranteed no reprisals take place against those who supported and had hand in
atrocities committed in Somaliland against the people of Somaliland
#4: It gave tromendous support to the choices and will of the Somaliland people who chose to regain
their independence
Now Somaliland has an elected, competent civilian government with strong mandate from their people —East-West and North to South that is committed to peace, democracy, rule of law and strong neighborly relations and supported by all its people.
There are those who can get over their guilt in destroying Somaliland and its people under the hands of Siad Barre so what they do to make themselves feel better is to manufacture or create propaganda and propagate baseless lies, starting with only Isaq support Somaliland's stance. To those I just say to them watch how all Somaliland people from corner to corner celebrate the two independence dates May 18 (the date Siad Barre was ousted and June 26 the 51 yrs since British has left.
The majority of people in Somaliland's Eastern provinces support their brothers in the rest of Somaliland. I am confident that the remaining pockets of Sool and Sanaag will do the sensible thing and part-take in what is a rare jewel in all Africa. I urge them to instead use the funds sent by the few senseless diaspora to to support development in Education, Commerce and Peace. I am confident that development will followed when peace holds and developmental workers feel safe to build and strengthen what has already been built.
correction "those who can not get over"
People can dissagree on many issues without flaunting and touting guns and threatening war….where is the sense in that…..They never claim that Somaliland is oppressing certain people in one region, with holding development or any other gigantic reason to undermind our people enjoy. If you take arms to force the union of Somaliland with Somalia (which by the way peacefully made that choice on their own 51 yrs ogo) in quest for Greater Somali Republic, are u willing to 'Destroy Djibouti, OOGO & Haud in Ethiopia or the NFD in Kenya….is that your solution….nOTHING BUT WAR…..WAR AND WAR….I thing you better revise your strategies and come up with some thing better and solve the problems Somalia faces before you creat others you can't win
Sometimes cooperations is better than war…just take for example the plight and struggle of the Palastinian brothers lasting for the 61 years….where they had suffered un imagineable atrocities under the Israelis nothing short of a modern concentration camps in West bank an Gaza which is further complicated by incompetent action of those surrounding arab countries who can't even solve their own problems. If it hadn't worked in 61 years, has it not dawn in them to alter strategy and improve the condition of their brothers in Palistine in some other ways….Ooooh No I just realize they don't even like freedom for their own people so why would they want it for their Palistinian brothers?
You have already robbed Somalis of their dream and aspirations in so many ways
1) By not doing right by those who joined you in good faith without condition (Somaliland) in more ways than
one such as
a) Refusing to share political power sharing equitably
b) Ensuring equity in economic opportunities and resource sharing
c) Committing un imaginable atrocities to suppress its civilian populations
d) Promoting tribalism and hatred and creating animosity among peace loving clans that coexisted for
millennias ( which by the way manifests it self in may ways including being oppositions to every thing
Somaliland achieves or stands for)
2) Ensuring through an ill adviced and thought off policies that Greater Somalia is lost forever
– don't forget so called Ogadania was succeeded to Ethiopia no other than Siad Barre himself for a
condition to oust SNM from Ethiopia and end its support for it in a secret deal
3) Creating and sewing the condition which gaurantees that Somalia today is myard in endless conflict
throught teaching conflict and corruption
4) As consequence Piracy is rampent, civil was is endless, not to mentions Alshebabe all of which seek
refuge in Somalia
Did you ever asked yourselves why every Somali want to be a leader in Somalia….because they are pre-programed to think of political power as an opportunity to ensure personal wealth and status and means to suppress the marginalized groups. It is a continuation of Siad's teachings and doings my friends. Somali's were respected all over the world before…today they are pirates, refugees (to be mistreated in Kenya systematically by a corrupt authority and police who, robe and raped women and children….Aids and every disease is rampant because the delibrate in human condition these people find in themselve. before the 90's Aids was unheard of in the Somali Republic.
Use your brain poeple….that is why God has given it to us
This has been the legacy of Siad Barre and his cronies
FACT#1 As most Isaaqs SNM supporters would wish, The Dhulbahante and Warsangali clans are NOT and will NEVER be a minority on SOMALI soil. If you didn’t know that already, just google it!!
FACT#2 These two tribes were NOT part of the formation of SNM which we’ll know was a tribalist, hateful and anti Daarood terrorist militia, therefore they are NOT part of this ONE TRIBE admin that calls itself Somaliland!!
FACT#3 The so called democratic political parties, UDUB, UCID and Kulmiye are nothing but ONE TRIBE clubs that you can check it for yourself and see who runs them.
FACT#4 Even if the Isaaq’s try to go on with their succesion dream. Sool, Sanaag, Cayn and half of Togdheer will never be part of it, since these territories belong to unionist clans that oppose the so called SNM led SL.
Walaweyn don't take things serious, so they assume all other people are the same.
@Dahable,
Welcome back my friend, the muppet.
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> "…..Sool, Sanaag, Cayn and half of Togdheer will never be part of it"
Man, do you create the list of your fictitious claims on the fly?
Hargeisawi, thanks bro, good to see ya again.
Happy July 1th!! Tonight is a great night for the Somali people and its nation. Its the 51st anniversary of our Union and independence from colonial Italy and Britain.
Happy July first to ya’all!!
mate wot are celbrating your brothers ans sisters are still in war, they dying right now as u dancing around. dont associate your somalia with our somaliland we had our independent before you we onli made a mistake by joining you somalia, how can u celebrate whn u still in war, somalilanders cae celebrate and dance around on the 18th may and 26 june cuz we in peace my friend. shame on u, still in war and u dancing around, getting in a somalilnad website u r something us somalilanders dont know go and try fix ur country and stop being on our website.
dear Sharmarke and Dahable go back to your elders and confirm whether or not the dhulbahnte participated in the all tribe meetings of Bur'ao and Borame .my brother and sister in this meeting the elders decided to reclaim Somaliland's sovereignty .your elders are on record to have supported this position.why the change of heart?anyway even if a fresh referendum is to be conducted it will be limited to Somaliland territory.again in that case it will not change the current picture to your favour.
Sorry bro, Somaliland is not Somalia we are not crying for attention. Haven't you seen on TV how miserable the Shariif looked while Omer Gulleh was having a nice chat with the Somaliland speaker of the house? That was a real awkward moment for the poor Shariif from Somalia. he was hoping to have a hand shake with the speaker, but the Shariif did not get that blessing.
Long live Somaliland. Thank you SNM who are our heroes. We shall forever be grateful to them.
i hate DAROOD women ,they smell like $hit
Brotha you need a good ass kick'n. I know you abo never gave you enough attention as a kid and your itching for a good father-son butt whopp'n to make you feel all nice and warm inside.
Let me know cause I make house calls!
LOL. You do house calls, Warya? Go ahead and visit Isac.
I am assuming that you are from Aden because they like same gender action.
A healthy man never hate a woman no matter what tribe she belongs. what is wrong with your manhood.
If something is wrong with your manhood and you are lady boy then you can insult women.
@ "Issaq" man,
Shame on you. You are a disgrace! Hablool, xaal qaata.
i love somaliland, it makes all the other somalies jealous cuz we doing something great, u kno whn someone talks about u day and night it onli means u better than them lol. im lovin it cus im a somalilander. :-)
Other fact
1. it was Sayid Mohammed and his Darwishes who paid a huge scrifices to austed the britsih from this soil.
2. Gadabursi like thier brothers such as Dhulbahanti and Warsangali, love thier brothers in south, don’t mock at thier plight.
3. Somalia-North and South is one country, and a clan’s futile dream will never divide it.
It is possible to agree on one thing and that is let clans in the north join voices and get equal powershare with south- I don’t mind if all goes to Isaaq.
Isaaq man is an impostor and i bet with my life he is a daarod, abusing his- our mothers and sisters. whoever he is ,he is in disgrace
Gee please go back to history,we extinguished your mad mullar in 1920 and the British left in 1960,obviously it was not as a result of the mad thing who died 40 year before the honkies left.and indeed your are very disparate, not to minding one clan taking all.it's just matter of time before we get you where we want.