macalimuu Posted March 23, 2005 Boutrous Boutrous Ghali!!! As usual, those of us who follow the So-called Somali politics we are forced to witness the out of the ordinary actions of our government in exile. We had a bloody fist fight or brawl in the parliament. We have become the laughing stock of the civilized world. It was yet another embarrassment and belittlement of the Somali name. People all over the world are now making fun of how Somali nomads are reacting to this alien system of democracy. Even the ex United Nations chief, Boutros Boutros Ghali had his amusing take on the brawl. the old coptic misanthrope suggested that instead of setting up a parliament for these pastoral neophytes, they should have given them some basic lessons on parliamentary democracy. Thanks Mr. Ghali, you can now comfortably retire back to your smoke filled tobacco lounge. Gheedi Gheedi Gheedi!! O! Ghedi Ghedi!, how do you remind me of Igal Shidaad's prophetic adage and lamenting tribute to that legendary tree-stump in the darkness of the night! ma waxaan ku mooday, mise waxaad noqotay, mise waxaan loo noqon dooni!! Initially, Ghedi you were groomed as an intellectual who will have the patronage and support of all warring camps in Mogadishu and sorrundings. Even though a notorious dummy warlord forfeited his seat to get you elected, peace-loving Somalis felt relieved to at least see you coming outside the despicable warlord camp and they were happy too at least see another academic, just like Galydh, elected to such important post of authority. you were seen as a man who will complement and offset the one dimensional clannish president-warlord. Sadly, once again, we have been led astray by our wild imaginations. Ghedi! you are not the man we have been dreaming for. so far, we have all become aware of how undiplomatic and vulgar you are! we have been warned of how you were not well versed orator in the somali vernacular but we never taught you will be this terribly unwitty! your choice of words and castigatory tone is now being mocked and joked around in the Fadhi-Ku-Dirir venues. that is how low one can go down the drain! when you have allowed to be bamboozled by Ina-yeey's clique, you shot yourself in the foot!!. The public perceives you, Mr.Prime Minister, as an inexperienced man who is fortuitously been tossed into the chaotic dealings of Somali politics and it seem that you have no sense of direction and foresight to get out of this mess. what a poor fellow you are!. Most Somalis who follow the news from Nairobi will stress your juvenile approach of working out differences within your own cabinet members, specially , those of whom you share backgroud with!! They will also point up your unquestionable devotion to the president's conflict-ridden policies. After your latest decision of relocating the government to two provincial towns in the south, namely Jowhar and Baidoba and your uncoming snub of the city of your birth and your recent outrageous appointment of eleven non-influential members of your inflated cabinet to secure the capital, people are now convinced that you are either obsessed by Jinni spirits or you are being controlled by injudicious clannish consortium, led by warlord president Ina-Yeey and his offshoot crew, the likes of Bari-Bari,Jurile and Azhari,whose only vision and obsesseion is to create another fratricidal bloodshed between you and your immediate clansmen. Ali Gheediyoow! Somalis are not that forgiving with their criticism and disapproval. again let me stress, when you have allowed to be bamboozled by Ina-yeey clique, you shot yourself in the foot!!. Magac iyo Musiibo-ba maalin beey baxaan Ghedi, you are already a toast, so enjoy your short sojourn in the political arena, which is more or less over. Sorry, Prime Minister !! Hasta La Vista Ghedi! you were a failure and fraud! I am all for your immediate vanishing, Ina-yeey's demise and to my delight, the crowning and ascendency of the man of the moment ... my speaker, my Hero, The HONORABLE SHAREEF HASSAN, then i can be hopeful again of our dignity being restored... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wind.talker Posted March 23, 2005 Originally posted by macalimuu: my speaker, my Hero, The HONORABLE SHAREEF HASSAN Sounds like a love letter addressed to another man. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Garyaqaan2 Posted March 24, 2005 ^^^^^ It has never been related from any scholar that it is permissible for a woman to act as imam for the Jumu`ah prayer. This is not even related from those scholars who permit a woman to lead the five daily obligatory prayers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Garyaqaan2 Posted March 24, 2005 ^^^ upsss wrong QUOTE sory Sounds like a love letter addressed to another man. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
General Duke Posted March 24, 2005 Interesting work of fiction, I must for one commend you on it. We needed some light relief.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Garyaqaan2 Posted March 24, 2005 THE SPEAKER HAS NO CLOTHES It must be pointed out that the Speaker of the Parliament has no clothes, figuratively speaking. Why? Because, he/she, who is supposed to be the arbiter of democratic practice must be held up to a high standard, a standard which emphasizes that he/she should be morally and fully garbed. It is often said that lies travel fast, but that truth (as in TRUTH) overtakes all lies in due time. This is precisely the case with the recent ugly spectacle inside the Somali parliament over the issue of peacekeeping forces. The Speaker of the Parliament, Shariif Aden has debased not only the constitutional order of his government, but he has also failed to uphold the principal procedural rules of parliamentary practice by forcing a motion with a questionable legal standing. By Abdirahman Hosh THE SPEAKER IS FULLY CLOTHED There is a saying that “A lie travels around the world while truth is putting her boots onâ€. Well! Now the truth is in a race to catch up with a blatant lie blaming the failures of the government and the recent ugly brawl among members of the parliament in Nairobi, Kenya on the Speaker of the Parliament, Mr. Sheriff. This is led by both heads of the state and government as well as few other parliamentarians and their die hard supporters. The truth of the matter is that the present sad state of affairs between the legislative and the executive branches of this nascent Somali government has been simmering for quite sometime and was bound to boil to the surface as happened in the Regency Nairobi Hotel on March 17, 2005. By Rashid Ali In Response to Mr. Hosh’s Naked Speaker I don’t know what kind of latent and spineless house leader in the Speaker (Sharif Hassan) that the honorable lawyer Mr. Hosh envisioned for any democracy let alone for his own supposedly yet to serve and still exiled democracy. With all due respect to Mr. Hosh, whom I have the greatest respect for, I must say that Sharif Hassan has his clothes very well on. He may not be armed with robust house rules and procedural orders or even certain disciplinary powers in this instance. He may be naïve but definitely not naked. What we see is a man of conscious, which is so badly lacking in that madhouse some call parliament. He had the unfortunate predicament of presiding over some undisciplined bunch of grown-ups and this time dangerously ambushed by wicked President and immature PM with fraudulently deceitful piece of legislation to pave the way for an obsessed plan of Ethiopian invasion into Somalia. By Abdirahman Waberi Shame On You Mr. Speaker "An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent." Edmund Burke "There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action." Johann von Goethe "Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be." W. H. Auden We have witnessed a frightful act in today's fiasco by some members of Somali Parliament led by the Speaker of the Parliament, Sharif Hassan Sh. Aden. This was a shameful act of a coupe to sabotage the deployment of IGAD peace supporting force in Somalia. One can say it was democracy in action but ignoring and violating the very rules of democracy also warrants an impeachment. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
