Sool and Sanaag And Cayn Did Not Vote

[Thankful]

Beer-Gaal, I've given up on these guys. I am expecting them to produce the same amount of pictures they do for the triangle then they did for the places outside of it.

 

But my question remains.....why are there so many pictures and video from the tribal triangle (which makes a small fraction of their alleged state) but very few pics and no video's from the rest?

[Thankful]

Who the 75 international Observers? I wonder how many of the 75 remained in the triangle and how many of them are relying on the "local observers" for information?

 

Anyways, like I said pics and video's that are in abundance coming out of the triangle are irrefutable. You're reliance on observers who 800 of the 875 are local ones, won't cut it!!!

 

VOA

 

Somaliland Poised for Much-Delayed Presidential

 

Somaliland Votes Saturday

 

Somaliland Prepares for Presidential Polls

After repeated delays, the breakaway republic of Somaliland will hold its second presidential election in eight years on Saturday. International observers and analysts are expressing cautious optimism that the poll could set a positive example for the troubled region.

 

Eight hundred local observers and 75 international observers are fanned out across Somaliland to monitor the presidential poll. Slightly more than one million people are registered to vote and voter turn-out Saturday is expected to be around 75 percent.

 

Speaking from Somaliland's capital Hargeisa, the joint coordinator for the international observer group, Michael Walls, says he has been impressed by the level of public enthusiasm and by the transparency of the electoral process.

 

"There inevitably are a few problems or complaints. But really, in terms of the overall picture, things look very good," said Walls. "The electoral commissioners were changed and the new commission has exceeded everyone's expectations in terms of their competence and integrity. The surprise from my point of view has been to see how smoothly the campaigning has been running and there seems to be more of a carnival atmosphere amongst party supporters."

 

Wall's assessment is in stark contrast to the situation in Somaliland in 2009. At this time last year, there was rising concern that this election, which was originally scheduled to take place in April 2008, might not be held at all. An election set for September 27 was scrapped after a bitter disagreement over the registration process nearly plunged Somaliland into violence.

 

The political stand-off pitted incumbent President Dahir Riyale and his ruling United People's Democratic Party against two leading opposition parties - the Development and Solidarity Party (Kulmiye) headed by Ahmed Mohamed Mahamoud Silanyo and the Justice and Welfare Party (UCID) led by Faisal Ali Warabe.

 

The crisis was defused through a number of donor-funded measures, including setting up a new, independent election commission. Political parties also agreed to campaign on alternate days to avoid confrontations.

 

U.S.-based Africa analyst J. Peter Pham says a peaceful and well-conducted election could significantly boost Somaliland's long-held argument that the territory is politically mature and stable, and vastly removed from the turmoil and violence witnessed in central and southern Somalia.

 

"Irrespective of who wins, a transparent, free, and fair election dispels the myth that all of Somalia is in this primordial chaos," he said. "It is possible that (good) governance can happen and can emerge. It would also be a wonderful sign for the entire region. We are in a region where holding a free, transparent and fair election is somewhat of a challenge."

 

Political analyst and author Iqbal Jhazbhay adds that a transparent, credible poll is also important to Somalilanders, who view it as being crucial to the territory's efforts to win international recognition. Somaliland unilaterally declared independence from the rest of Somalia in 1991. But despite the establishment of democratic institutions, it is still considered by most of the world as being part of Somalia.

 

In recent years, the territory has supported closer ties with the West in the hope that it will bring international recognition of its independence.

 

"In my latest book on Somaliland, I make the point that one of the domestic disciplining forces is this national craving and desire to have international recognition," he said. [in] many of the meetings held between political party heads and foreign observers here in Somaliland, this issue does come up. There is no doubt that holding of this election will help its [somaliland's] case. It is a question of how fast this process would unfold."

 

The African Union would have to be the first international organization to extend recognition to Somaliland. But the pan-African body has been reluctant to do so for fear it could spark aggressive secessionist movements in other parts of the continent.

 

There is opposition against recognition among Somalis, too, who regard Somaliland as an integral part of the country. The most violent opposition comes from al-Shabab, the al-Qaida-linked extremist group that aims to unite all of Somalia and beyond under an ultra-conservative branch of Islam.

 

On Thursday, al-Shabab's top leader Ahmed Abdi Godane issued a warning against holding democratic elections, which he claimed was un-Islamic. Godane, who hails from Somaliland, is believed to have planned the October 2008 near-simultaneous suicide car bombings in Hargeisa and Bosasso, Puntland, which killed and wounded dozens of people.

[Freedomfighter007]

Observers were not in the triangle but in western regions and eastern region like ergavio so stop hating bro.

[Cowke]

Dadweynaha Garowe oo Soo Dhoweeyay Ka Hortagii Doorashada Somaliland ee Gobolada SSC

 

 

 

Garowe (RBC) Shacabka ku dhaqan Magaalada Garowe ayaa si wayn u soo dhawayay ka hortagii ay ku sameeyeen dadka ku dhaqan Gobalada Sool Sanaag iyo Cayn sanaadiiq uu deegaankaa keenay Maamulka soomaliland xiligii doorashada Maamulkas.socotay.

 

Waxa ayna dadkaa reer Garowe sheegeen in ka hortagaa uu ahaa mid ay ku muujiyeen dadka Gobalada SSC in ay yihiin dad reer Puntland ah waxa ayna sheegeen in arintaa ay si wayn u soo dhawaynayaan.

 

Degaano dhoor ah oo ku yaala Gobalada SSC ayaa si wayn waxaa dadka deegaanka ay kaga horyimiaadeen sanaadiiq Maamulka Soomaliland uu halkaa keenay kuwaas oo sababay in rabshado qayba ka mid ah Gobaladaa ka dhacaan.

 

Fikradaha dadkaa ay ku cabirayeen sida arintaa u arkaan ayaa waxaa int badan ay xooga saarayeen sida Maamulka Soomaliland uu arintaa ugu soo dhiiraday waxa ayna sheegeen in Gobalada SSC ay yihiin gooba uu ka arimiyo Maamulka Puntland.

 

Waxa ayna ugu baaqeen Dadka ku dhaqan gobaladaas in ay la dagaalamaan cidii ay u arkaaan in ay faragalin ku hayso deeganadooda islamarkaana aysan u dul qaadan in xoog lugu qabsado ama lugu qasbo wax aysan raali ka ahayn.

 

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[Ibtisam]

Thankful ba iindin wareriyeh! He required proof they voted (He is not saying they did not vote, he just wants proof) and he wants a picture and video showing a long line of people. So haada heesan show it to him (if you have not already)

 

Otherwise just wait till the results are out, I assume we will find out who each city/ town voted for?

 

A picture or even video is useless we need to know how many people voted from each region to establish voters behavior or how involved each area is. I read one report or another that 4,000 people voted in one of those towns. I don't know how big the town is either, so I cannot really imagine what percentage this is.

[Cowke]

Ibtisam sool and sanaag didn't vote. They are just using fake figures. Garoweonline told us what somaliland will being doing!!!

[Ibtisam]

Garoweonline told us!! looool Are you serious. :eek:

[Saalax]

lol@garoweonline