Somaliland: Dialogue, Discussion and Consensus: A winning formula
Ahmed Kheyre
Talk about a load of clap-trap, a recent article in a certain anti-Somaliland website, funded by pirate ransom money states that Somaliland should re-consider viewing a changing Somalia. What changing Somalia? Why should the people of Somaliland even contemplate such a ludicrous proposition?
It is so delusional that it is borderline dementia. Where is the change in Somalia? A place rife with terrorist and warlords, awash with guns and drugs. A place in which its citizens are fleeing in their thousands, and more dying of starvation and living in fear. A place in which the so-called central authority controls only a few blocks of the capital. A place without law or order, without democracy. A place that has become a haven for pirates, brigands and terrorists. Are they serious?
The people of Somaliland have made their choice clear, and for those, growing fewer with each passing day, and at times, so hysterical they lose all sense of objectivity and argument, and point to every political issue in Somaliland, such as the recent disputes between the Somaliland political parties with regard to forth-coming Presidential elections slated for the September. Rest assured that the political leadership and the people of Somaliland will resolve these issues through dialogue, discussion and consensus, these hysterical opponents fall into silence, once again.
No sane Somalilanders would like to follow the anarchic examples of other parts of the region. The people of Somaliland are far too mature to squander their hard won sovereignty. The people of Somaliland will resolve any issues through dialogue, discussions and consensus. The elections will be held, and any transfer of power will be peaceful and orderly, in other words, it will be democratic.
The reality of Somaliland´s existence is that for nineteen year it has remained stable and democratic. Free of warlords, pirates, and the cancer of self-consumption that plagues other parts of the region.
Somaliland has withstood many challenges, so a few angry voices in the wilderness spouting the same, old failed policies is not a serious threat to its sovereignty, however, the people of Somaliland will respond to these naysayer through democratic principals, economic development, through peace and stability and by continuing to resolve all issues through dialogue, discussions and consensus.
Any political issues in Somaliland will be resolved peacefully, and once again, Somaliland's opponents will carry on using their own peculiar formula, of anarchy, destruction and death on their long suffering citizens. What a pity
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