Aligned Forces Collude Against Somaliland Gains |
Since the ascent of the Kulmiye government on to power, a great number of ‘evil’ forces emerged from all the dark corners of consciousness and sub-consciousness where they have been lurking in wait. All of these forces immediately changed shape and form from benign critics to malignant, killing salvos. Hitherto, good-natured opposition lunges and parries turned to razor-sharp blades which sweep away everything on its path with cutting edges that know no mercy. Elements of the Somaliland Diaspora immigrants are working hard to turn Somaliland into ill-conceived, satellite, NGO-like ‘states’ within a headless ‘state’ precariously seated in Mogadishu. Media ‘proponents’ broke into two halves: one suppressing all and everything that was good and great in Somaliland and the other half confused and bewildered knowing not where to turn to for unbiased sources – or the truth.
The Opposition
Led by a chagrined, embittered core of die-hards that appear to have not recovered from the ravages and disappointments of the last presidential elections, members of the Somaliland opposition are increasingly moving away from constructive criticism to incensing proclamations and threats against the system, against members of the government and against the sacrosanct sovereignty of the nation. The wildly sprayed out shrapnel remarks of some of them are not only damaging to the decency of the Somaliland customs and traditions, but are downright harbingers of unsubstantiated doom and destruction. Words such as “Somaliland back-tracks on sovereignty” or “Somaliland has seen no worse day” or “Somaliland needs to call clans together for national consultation’ contribute nothing to the psyche but disgust on how Machiavellian some of us can be to attain desired goals.
If, on another scale – on another occasion, the opposition opened the eyes of the government and the public on what was wrong or being done wrong laced with no malice in a matter-of-fact, brother-to-brother terms, a lot would have been achieved. Instead, the opposition is exerting inordinate, uncalled for pressure on a fragile system that only God knows how long it can hold. I do not believe that the demise of Somaliland is to the benefit of anybody but its enemies. One does not expect to find such an enemy in own fold. That is, from within.Contined
The Opposition
Led by a chagrined, embittered core of die-hards that appear to have not recovered from the ravages and disappointments of the last presidential elections, members of the Somaliland opposition are increasingly moving away from constructive criticism to incensing proclamations and threats against the system, against members of the government and against the sacrosanct sovereignty of the nation. The wildly sprayed out shrapnel remarks of some of them are not only damaging to the decency of the Somaliland customs and traditions, but are downright harbingers of unsubstantiated doom and destruction. Words such as “Somaliland back-tracks on sovereignty” or “Somaliland has seen no worse day” or “Somaliland needs to call clans together for national consultation’ contribute nothing to the psyche but disgust on how Machiavellian some of us can be to attain desired goals.
If, on another scale – on another occasion, the opposition opened the eyes of the government and the public on what was wrong or being done wrong laced with no malice in a matter-of-fact, brother-to-brother terms, a lot would have been achieved. Instead, the opposition is exerting inordinate, uncalled for pressure on a fragile system that only God knows how long it can hold. I do not believe that the demise of Somaliland is to the benefit of anybody but its enemies. One does not expect to find such an enemy in own fold. That is, from within.Contined
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