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topclan @ 4/25/2016 2:48 PM EST

Saed J. Abdulkadir

"Add this to the hostility, mistrust and horrendous experience of the civil war that made the revival of “the state” (and you know the meaning of a state – “an entity that has a monopoly on the means of violence”) a zero-sum-game. Who is gone trust who? "

Exactly!

That is every state that is a member of the United Nations, including democratic states.

Monopoly on the means of violence does not mean abusing those powers.

What it means is the legitimate use of violence by a state to stop criminals and securing its territory.

State power can be used abusively, bit it is essential that it has those powers(monopoly on the means of violence) in order for it to exist.

There are ways to limit abuse of state power, including democratic governance.

"Because of her political inclination, the author has maliciously tried to taint the image of Federalism in which Somalia embraced (constitutionally) by calling it “Clan Federalism”. "

Actually, Somalia has only embraced federalism politically and has yet to embrace it constitutionally.

The 2012 constitution of Somalia is provisional, meaning the Somali public has yet to embrace it by giving it their consent.

I believe critics of clan Federalism have to move on from rejecting out right to defining its rules.

You might eliminate the abuse of state power but, surely, the aim must be to eliminate all abuses of power whether at the Federal level or the state level.

I don't think the author means the constituency make up of Federal Member States when she uses the term "clan federalism".

The term refers to the domination by a single clan or sub-clan in FMS and the un-representation or under representation of other clans, especially smaller clans.

The debate about Federalism will not just go away and it would be best to engage with the other side.

I urge both those for and against federalism in Somalia to look at it from both sides and find a way to which will bring both sides together.

The question is who does federalism in Somalia serve?

And if the answer isn't everyone, then it wont serve anyone.

Remember centralism didn't serve everyone, and we ended up where we are today.

Federalism cannot be just a ploy to get more and dominate other clans at state/regional level if not federal/national level.

That is the danger of clan Federalism that critics of federalism in Somalia are talking about.

Momo519 @ 4/25/2016 9:38 AM EST

A very sincere and meaningful article.

If the author's email was included, I'd send her a private email.

I will reserve my private comments.

2 questions:

1: Are you saying federalism is a temporary solution?

2: Or you mean the current Somali federalism which discourages our citizens is a temporary and when peace, law and order return and true federalism takes shape Somalis will embrace it?

Somalipeople1 @ 4/24/2016 5:54 AM EST

very good article from a very patriotic person. Federalism is not the answer for somalia everyone knows that federalism is brought
To divide us and conquer us ( resources land sea air ) and make us weak. But the thing is our neighbours and the west dont know that we are very patriotic
And the minute that somali nationalism and patriotism comes back just a little bit than you will see that people will turn to that and qabiilist will shamefully walk away
and will be laughed out. Qabiilism federalism is ceeb. The first thing the somali national parliament needs to do is change the name of presidents to gouvernors and the ministers and parliament of the
Federal states need also different names. Its a small thing bit symbolically very important. The federal states need to work for the federal government not the other way around. Also we have to stop immediatley
with all those qabiilflags. Somalis just need one flag the beautifull blue flag with the white star. Federalism means each dominant subclan will create and rule a country. The problem of that is that its xaraam and unfair. Another problem
Is that with states with different dominant subclans their can come an infighting. Then we have also the state border issue wich can also cause wars. We are already seeing noe that each state is creating its own licence late plate military police and
Are becoming selfdeclaring states. The only thing how we can stop that is to secure that the federal government trains trips and places at least 5000 military troops in each state to secure its interest. The federal government has to have the monopoly of
The security sector. This is essential in sustaining this qabiil federalism. Inshallah one day somali nationalism will come back trust me its a matter of time.

Somali_Sax_Ah @ 4/23/2016 4:39 AM EST

WaaaaW:
Maxaaigagalay

Typical future leader of Somalia. U soo kor dadkaagga iyo Dalkaagga.
I can easily predicate the type of speeches you will deliver when
you become the expected leader.

Somali_Sax_Ah @ 4/23/2016 4:20 AM EST

WaaaaW
Typical future leader of Somalia. U soo kor dadkaagga iyo Dalkaagga.

maxaaigagalay @ 4/22/2016 7:21 AM EST

Marian Arif is not only erudite and beautiful. She is also
an intelligent angel. That being said, Marian Arif hails
from one of the Hawiye powerful sub-clans. Being the most
powerful Somali clan, the Hawiye clan is passionately
against federalism, which is considered a Majeerteen-Ethiopian
conspiracy to weaken Somalia. Why is Marian subtly trying
to defend federalism? Is she married to a Majeerteen? As
a woman, Marian will adopt and defend that system which
she considers is beneficial not to her clan but
to her children's clan.
Just a question? I am trying to understand Mariam Arif's
poisonous defence of federalism.

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