The regime won’t go peacefully, they will try to undermine, confuse and deflect and whatever it takes to steal the elections for that is their nature.

Waa marka Faisal wa loo dhiibo ayuu sunglasses so xidhan, oo nafiska u eeg koonfuria ku daac daaca. After 3 years Muse finally paid him, even doesn’t mention elections anymore.

Cuqdadan ah Somali ayaa no tashatay, is perhaps the first and most important of false narratives that have been propagated. sending mediocre players to the field that are loosing the political game, doesn’t mean that anyone is there to get you. It just means you need to come with a better game.

When do you realise there isn’t much difference between Somali’s, even the leaders are of the same kind.

The 25th of August is marked as turning point in the pages of history, in many ways the last 6 months showed us that Somalilands issues are far more structural in nature, rather then solely an issue of wrong leadership, bad decisions makings. The last months have showed us that even in Somali politics principles and ideologies matter, even though we tend to think it’s all personalities and personal choices, and that decision making, outcomes and directions are guided by the principles, beliefs and ideas one holds. The current ruling elites in Somaliland, more then any previous leaders, consist of those that are truly closest in sincerity to some of the core chauvinistic ideologies that have come to influence the most populistic narratives and loudest notions and voices in the public debate and politics of Somaliland. And perhaps have equally influenced similar narratives and populistic sentiments in other parts of the peninsula and among other regional and clan constituencies. Even if others parts or groups are claiming moderation, it does not adequately demonstrate the actual difference between these groups, as the core remains the same self serving clan driven populistic ideology. It is not enough to assert the numerous and very real divergences between clannish groups in Mogadishu, Garowe, Baidoa or Hargeisa. Therefor the true task at hand lies in fighting ideology with ideology, as the political set of beliefs don’t easily die in battlefields, and neither do they just end with the careers or life’s of politicians. The obligation, then, is to undermine the foundations upon which this clan driven chauvinistic popular ideology has drawn and to lay to rest the focus on personalities, clan relations and dynamics, incidents and eras which provide fodder for legitimacy of extremist self serving ideologies to hide behind, and with which to deem their actions as normalcy and natural part of the Somali way of life and narrative. Henceforth this begs for serieus soul searching where we wrong and seriously reflect upon the false beliefs, divisive ideas and wide-held popular narratives that have been subversively been planted and propagated over the decades amongst the Somali people. P.S. And even though we could have discussed this as a separate topic in overall Somali politics, not necessarily coupled to either Somaliland or developments of the last months, nevertheless I am doing so as this offers a concrete case for learning and reflection that marks the futility of and end game of this ideology tangible.

Xaaji, why haven’t you or the failed regime ever addressed the hundreds that were killed in Las Anod, or hundreds in prisons? Or the hundreds the regime has killed in Las Anod? Please spare us your fake crocodile tears.

Xumjufoow, this is getting pathethic and your sentiments only further add disgrace to the failed politics you are trying to deflect and externalise to 𝑀𝑢𝑞𝑑𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑜. If you think anyone will belief in the lies and deception then you have lost sense of reality on the ground. People are awake and seeing through the years of lies from the failed lot. I expect on the contrary that will hear more and more of these sane voices, no matter how hard you and the failed Qurmiye folks scream.

70 out of 80 MPs, 70 out of 80 Guurti members voted for this law. Nearly all present MPs voted for the law. If the Kulmiye regime, whose terms has ended in 2022, refuses to enact it then all options are on the table.

the 20% regional threshold is not new and neither was it introduced by Wadani, as it’s the same rule as Kulmiye got elected through back in 2002, 2012, and it was in place long before even Wadani came to existence..Kulmiye regime had decades the opportunity to change this if it wasn’t to their liking, also a power given to them by the constitution. Second it’s been passed by Parliment and Guurti as per constitution. So it’s not a Wadani law, it’s a law as all other SL laws passed according to the rules laid down in the constitution. Laakinse Ha u joojin niyoow, Ila meereerso kusii wadno

No on the elections it’s mainly Kulmiye officials objecting, it’s another Kulmiye tactic to stall elections, that have been passed by both Guurti and Parliament after nearly two years of undermining elections in every possible ways

Xaaji Xunjuf, why is the government picking fight with the Parliamentarians from Awdal, and going against the electoral law passed by the Guurti and Parliament? Na fahansii bal siiyasadahan.

Why is the government going against the law passed by Parliment and Guurti?

xunjufoow, ma sheekadi ila meerarso ayaa nagu soo cel celinisaa. Wax lagu heshiiyay ma jirto, Faisal and Muse hadal kooda maanta qiimo badan kuma fadhiyo, wuxuna la mid yahay Dollarka Zimbabwe.

I am not surprised by your assertion, as you seem to make the same assumptions as many others do, specially those involved in government, namely 1) Somalia has a State, 2) the Somali people are in peace. But if we challenge those assumptions and assume that our collective frame of mind should be , 1) The state collapsed in 1991 and key fundaments for that state collapse have not been addressed to enable set-up of a functioning state, and 2) the Somali people have been engaged in a conflict for the last decade and that conflict has not come to an end as no reconciliation took place over issues of contention, even though the active fighting and visible elements of disputes cooled down and might resurfaces sporadically in different forms. Then this puts things in a different light, and also why leaders are making the same mistakes over and over again, as they make their assumptions are incorrect with the realities.

What made you come to that realisation, and why now?

It seems Djibouti is realising that conflicts in region is bad for business, and wants to play a role in peace efforts towards Somaliland/Somalia, Yemen and also Sudan. And Khatuma-SSC is the pinnacle for the stability in Somaliland and also between Somaliland and Somalia. This realisation is coming a little late, but nevertheless better late than never.

Ruling party fully supports the agreement with Ethiopia, while still nobody has seen the MoU nor knows the content of the agreement being cooked. It seems one is banking solely on selling ‘recongnition’ to the public for elections purposes, irrelevant of real dis/advantages this deal will bring for Somaliland.

Abiy seems to be turning the tables and pitting the neighbouring countries against eachother to make concessions to Ethiopia. But if they are further pushed against a wall, they might resort to establishing an OPEC like cartel on Ethiopian trades, making agreements on tariffs to apply for Ethiopian imports and exports.

Xaaji, who gave you get the authority or audacity to speak on behalf of Somaliland. You can’t speak on behalf of Ardul Somaal and its people. Your sub-clan is only one of the many who live there, you do not have larger population numbers then others, you do not own larger portions of land or livestock then others. Surely you are allowed to voice your personal opinion, but It’s not worth any more than Saalax’s, Talaabo’s, Galbeedi’s, Ilyria’s or mine in the total equation of what’s best for the region. For we are all inhabitants and Co-owners of Ardul Somaal(Somaliland) and none of us has been bestowed the Crowns to rule or dominate over others, for we are not like the Gulf Family’s who established family based monarchies over their territories.

Xaaji, as usual you are abducting the debate to create this false notion of dialectics of either your version of Somaliland or it’s the bunker. This manipulation of the populous has worked for a while, but I think everyone is now seeing the futility of this narrow ideology. I suggest you better listen to those young people from Hargeisa that are very rationally debating that other pathways are possible for Somaliland. For otherwise the alternative migth be that people will resort in blowing up the whole thing, as they have come to belief in the zero-sum black and white thinking you and elites have propagating for decades.

Xaaji, your support promoting this unknown ‘urur’ and potraying as ‘heavyweights’, is well noted. Not sure what your intentions here are, is it because your trying to prevent a Wadani takeover? And what happened to Ahmed Ismail Samater and his party that you used to promote, or Kaah with all the former Kulmiye members, or did they join the oppositions bandwagon as well.

Excellent debate and many rational voices from Hargeisa.

I don’t see a difference between his speech and the current politics of cadifad. I am guessing Kulmiye gave birth to this as well, same as half of those so called parties.

Ardaydii Siyaad ee kusoo barbaaray kacaankii, intii ugu xumeed kaliya ee ka barteen miyaa?