From President Abdiqasim Salad Hassan and his PMs Dr. Ali Khalif and Hassan Abshir , to President Abdullahi Yusuf and his PMs Ali Mohamed Ghedi and Nur Adde
Hiiraan Online Editorial - Read in Somali Language
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
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President Sharif Sh. Ahmed and his PM Omar Abdirashid A. Sharmarke
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It has unfortunately become the norm for the Somali people and the international community to observe top Somali leaders quarrelling publicly and engulfed in a quasi personal/professional conflict that unresolved may destroy the already fledgling national institutions. From President Abdiqasim Salad Hassan and his PM Dr. Ali Khalif, to President Abdullahi Yusuf and his PMs Ali Mohamed Ghedi and Nur Adde to the current quandary between Sheikh Sharif and PM Sharmarke, Somalia has not been fortunate to produce stable leadership at the top that is capable of envisioning and setting a national tone for conflict resolution, good governance and permanent statehood.
At a time when the nation is under a relentless attack from extremist groups and poorly trained government soldiers and AU forces are putting their lives on the line, it is disheartening to see the offices of the President, Prime Minister and Parliament utterly consumed in conflict, bringing to a screeching halt all other crucial government businesses. It appears to the many civilians caught in the crossfire in Somalia that their leaders are completely oblivious to their deteriorating humanitarian conditions and that jockeying for power and prestige is the only game in town.
Undoubtedly many challenges await these leaders between now and the end of the institutional term of office in August 2011. Nothing meaningful has been achieved thus far in preparing Somalia to move from transitional governance status to permanent statehood and the new draft constitution under development for a while is now a new source of contention between these leaders.
Hiiraan Online joins the International Community and the Somali public in calling for the TFG leadership to amicably resolve their differences, remain cohesive and focused on security and crucial transitional tasks necessary at this critical time. TFG Leadership needs to refocus all their efforts in defeating its enemy and stabilize the volatile nation that desperately needs peace, reconciliation, good governance and permanent statehood.
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