Somalia's (still forming) new parliament

[baala xoofto]

Reer Koonfurka wax walba waa qiimo tireen, halkaa waxa ka muuqda waa more than a dozen copies of The holy Quran. 

 

 

[baala xoofto]

The world's longest running farce of an election is finally coming to close, even if Gedo region still has no representation.

If there is anyone that should be thanked for getting the elections to this stage, it is the relentless "press releases" and behind the scenes line of communication by the Beesha Caalamka. They truly accomplished their "Parenting Role" - never giving up or giving into the childish behaviours or when South Somalia's politicians needed a nappy change.  

If It wasn't for their efforts, things could have been very different, armed confrontation is a real possibility. 

With regards to the results, it is as predicted a return of the old guards, in both Upper House and Lower House. But one good thing about the new leadership is that, they are both locals - neither of them left South Somalia for overseas. They know what has been through and understand what is left to do. Hopefully.

By comparison, N&N's runner up is a Truck driver from America. If he ended up at the helm of the Parliament as Farmaajo wished, then that would have been disaster. Someone who cannot relate to the situation on the ground should not lead it. 

Former Truck driver, turned Minister.

 

 

[Arafaat]

On 4/26/2022 at 1:23 AM, baala xoofto said:

Reer Koonfurka wax walba waa qiimo tireen, halkaa waxa ka muuqda waa more than a dozen copies of The holy Quran. 

 

 

Despite all that u are saying, Somalia’s  Parliament is still more active, forms a counter power to the government, and MPs have actually proper power and bigger weight compared to the Somaliland MPs.
 

And did you forget SL last Parliament that was in office for 16 years (2005-2021), which was a complete farce that never even questioned the government and passed everything without a a debate and received payments through Zaad for every vote, weren’t they also sworn in with a Kitaab.
 

What you say sir? 

[Shurwac]

On 4/28/2022 at 10:06 PM, baala xoofto said:

The world's longest running farce of an election is finally coming to close, even if Gedo region still has no representation.

If there is anyone that should be thanked for getting the elections to this stage, it is the relentless "press releases" and behind the scenes line of communication by the Beesha Caalamka. They truly accomplished their "Parenting Role" - never giving up or giving into the childish behaviours or when South Somalia's politicians needed a nappy change.  

If It wasn't for their efforts, things could have been very different, armed confrontation is a real possibility. 

With regards to the results, it is as predicted a return of the old guards, in both Upper House and Lower House. But one good thing about the new leadership is that, they are both locals - neither of them left South Somalia for overseas. They know what has been through and understand what is left to do. Hopefully.

By comparison, N&N's runner up is a Truck driver from America. If he ended up at the helm of the Parliament as Farmaajo wished, then that would have been disaster. Someone who cannot relate to the situation on the ground should not lead it. 

Former Truck driver, turned Minister.

 

 

 

What's with the personal attack? 

You mean to belittle Truck drivers - How about Low-caste Taxi Drivers? to go further - cause, that is what your so-called SL foreign Minister, Essa Kayd was in Ottawa Canada.  Before he claimed, he was Neuroscience at Ottawa/ Boston Hospitals to position himself as a foreign minister of an imaginary nation...

[maakhiri1]

Real Gedo Mps are in the house. 

The Kenyan stooges  broght from Kenya have no place in Somalia national parliament 

[baala xoofto]

4 hours ago, Arafaat said:

Despite all that u are saying, Somalia’s  Parliament is still more active, forms a counter power to the government, and MPs have actually proper power and bigger weight compared to the Somaliland MPs.
 

And did you forget SL last Parliament that was in office for 16 years (2005-2021), which was a complete farce that never even questioned the government and passed everything without a a debate and received payments through Zaad for every vote, weren’t they also sworn in with a Kitaab.
 

What you say sir? 

Somalia's Parliament is like a drug lord's meeting place, it is a very active place in its own way - if you know what I mean. 

The ultimate question before Somalia's people is, how much do you trust them? Do you really honestly trust them to do the best for your country? 

 Coming to your comments about Somaliland. Somaliland, could in a heartbeat hold an election of any sort be it parliamentary or presidential. No doubts. But holding elections is not the whole story. What are you gaining or losing, is equally important to consider when it comes to these sort of things. And that is the questions that Somalilanders ask themselves. 

Somaliland is a Republican system which means its President is elected by the people. Unlike Somalia which the parliament selects the president. So the parliament is not the centre of the universe in Somaliland. They are legislator branch only. So if today Faarah is sitting on the seat, there is no point in replacing that Faarax with another Faarax - just for the f*ck of it. Unless you are gaining a lot from that expensive exercise - in terms of improved system, in terms of lessing the fall out of an election like 1p1v which has a lot of potential to generate heated debated. 

So when you consider the whole process, and do Cost/Benefit analysis, then it is worthwhile to do the next step.

And that is how we approach things in Somaliland. Elections itself doesn't mean anything unless it is improving the people, you are learning from it, and you are aiming for the best possible elections you are able to do. 

 

[Samafal]

7 hours ago, maakhiri1 said:

Real Gedo Mps are in the house. 

The Kenyan stooges  broght from Kenya have no place in Somalia national parliament 

So all 16 of them are from Kenya and not real Somalis? And you wonder why your wicked cult are staring at a crushing defeat.

[maakhiri1]

15 hours ago, Samafal said:

So all 16 of them are from Kenya and not real Somalis? And you wonder why your wicked cult are staring at a crushing defeat.

What parallel universe you live in, that you advocating for Kenyan agents?

They are Somalis loyal to Kenya, like Madoobe.

 

[baala xoofto]

The new Speaker of Parliament has rejected Farmaajo's 16 MPs that were s/elected in Garbahaaray in favour of those s/elected in Kenyan soil. 

This completes and brings to a fitting end to this farce of a parliament. 

 

[maakhiri1]

This was expected after UAE visit.

The only loyalty these Mps know is cash.

Madone will retire now

[baala xoofto]

Someone is spending $300,000 per vote. Only Qatar and UAE come to mind. 

For most so called MPs, this is exactly why they wanted to join the parliament, to make a killing out of selling votes. 

The future of Somalia is being decided in the next few days. Someone will emerge who will be beholden to a foreign power.