To:

• Hon. Abdullahi Y. Ahmed – President (Somali Transitional Federal Government)

• Hon. Sharif Hassan Sh. Aden – Speaker (Somali Transitional Federal Parliament)

• Hon. Ali M. Geddi – Prime Minister (Somali Transitional Federal Government)

Cc:

• Somali TFG Members of Parliament, Somali TFG Cabinet Members, Somali Attorney General, Somali Public at Large and Residents of Southwest State in Particular, And Somali Media.

• International Organizations: United Nations, African Union, European Union, Arab League, Islamic Conference Organization, IGAD and International Media.

Date: January 21, 2006

 

Subject: Political Manifesto from the People of Southwest State of Somalia

• Having duly supported the peace and reconciliation process adapted for the Somali people to recover from civil wars, and the Federal Government created for the nation.

• Having read the Somali Charter agreed upon for the Somali people and its federal government created in Nairobi, ( Kenya).

• Having read the power-sharing agreement based on 4.5 models on the governance and resources.

• Having considered the dire occupation of the Southwest State land, and the
  systematic violence constantly subjected to the people of Southwest state, and also, bearing in mind that, what at stake is not only the use or abuse of the land forcefully taken from its rightful owners, but the very existence of our people.

• Having closely followed the nominations of regional officers for certain parts of the country and methodology of participations and consultations for the Joint Needs Assessment initiative currently underway.

We, the cross sectional representatives of the people of Southwest state - who are the undersigned signatories of this manifesto, declare here the following political positions for our people within the framework of our federal government:

• We reaffirm the creation of the federal system in Somalia

• We support the following four state levels of jurisdictions: Southwest State, Somaliland, Puntland and Midland State.

• We declare that our state teretories are as follows: Bakol Region, Bay Region,Gedo Region, Middle Jubba Region, Lower Jubba Region and Lower Shabeelle Region . The people of Souhtwest shall not in any circumstance accept any remapping or regrouping of the regions like the considered Jubbaland state that is designed to hand the political power to certain communities and to disenfranchise others, because this will only lead us (Somalis) to more unnecessary conflicts and new wars. The integrity of SW State territory shall be defended by its people.

• All the citizens living within SW state boundaries shall enjoy the same constitutional rights and share the same responsibilities.

• We are urging the TFG and the UN to carry out proper census in the country to obtain reliable demographic data which will serve as a base for future planning initiatives and democratic processes.

• We firmly shall oppose any interference from the federal officials in the jurisdiction of our state in the election and appointment of our state officials as well as in the setting up of our boundaries with other neighboring states within Somali federal territory. The collective will and the self-determination of the people shall be the only way to determine the political destiny of the people of Southwest state. SW State has the same rights in the federal jurisdiction as Somaliland, Puntland and Midland states.

• We are urging that all concerned parties of Joint Needs Assessment including IGAD, United Nations Development Group and World Bank to ensure the diversity of Somali counterparts and institutions to guarantee regional representatives, when they establish teamwork for Somalia.

• We are calling for the chiefs, elders, leaders, politicians, intellectuals, and citizens of the occupying militias to join us in the condemnation of occupation of others land. We persistently demand immediate withdrawal of all victimizing occupiers from the forcibly occupied inter-river territories.

• Finally, we are calling all the residents of Southwest State to join the newly proposed national council for our people in order to promote our political, economical, cultural and social developments of our State in this critical era within the federal system of Somalia. If you have any questions, please contact the Steering Committee for the proposed council at: [email protected]

Signatories:

• Dr. Mohamed Ali Hamud

• Adv. Mahamed Abukar Mahamud

• Dr. Abdi Muse Mayow

• Dr. Nur Faqi Osman

• Dr. Abdalla A. Mohamed

• Colnel Ibrahim Yahya Hassan

• Sheikh Abdisalam A. Hussein MA, GS(NGOs)

• Prof. Ahmed Abdul-Lahi Ahmed

• Dr. Ahmed Ali Ibrahim

• Suldan Abdullahi Shekh Osman

• Malaaq Mukhtar Mohamed Aden

• Dr. Hassan Shekh Osman Gasba

• Professor Mohamed Munye Kassim

• Dr. Aden Matan Hasan

• Dr. Avv. Ali Mohamed Mohamud (Appollo)

• Prof. Said Mahamed Ali

• Prof. Abdi Mohamed Kusow

• Colonel Mohamed Ali Atosh

• Eng. Ali Abukar Husen

• Colonel Mohamed Sheikh Hassan

• Eng. Muse Abdullahi Abdi

• Drs. Hareedo Ibrahim Mohamud (Boolis)

• Dr. Mahamed Abdul-Lahi Abdi (Idi)

• Ali Haji Mukhtar

• Dr. Haji Isse Shekh Ismail Ali

• Prof. Abdullahi A. Osman, Ph. D.

• Eng. Shuti Ali Suber

• Mohamed Abow Mayow

• Col. Omar Nur Ahmed

• Abdirashid Ibrahim Hussein

• Prof.Shekh Ibrahim Abdi Mahamud

• Abdulkadir Mohamed Ali

• Haji Mahamud Isse

• Hassan Sheikh Osman (Hassan Yarow)

• Drs. Asha Abukar Husen

• Yusuf Mohamed Ali (Yusuf Maamow)

• Eng. Hamud Haji Aden

• Eng. Abdulkadir Mohamed Abow

• Drs. Faduma Abdul-Lahi Adow

• Dr. Ali-nuur Omar Abdulle

• Mahamed Sheikh Abdiwahab “Geelle”

• Dr. Hassan Haji Abukar

• Mahamed Yusuf Ahmed

• Dr. Abdisalam Ali Ma’allin

• Nurto Harqaalle Nur Gashaan

• Ahmed Mohamed Yusuf (Dalmar)

• Eng. Abdul-Qaadir Shekh Ibrahim Omar

• Yasin Abiikar Ali

• Eng. Abdulkadir Haji Amiin

• Habibo Hasan Yoonis “Buurow”

• Abshir Omar Abdulle

• Abukar Mahamed Abukar

• Ali Said Haji Aliyow

• Mohamed Sharif Ali (Sharif Asparo)

• Nabadoon Ali Osman Moallim Muuse (Afarre)

• Ibrahim Abokor Ashar

• Nabadoon Haji Mahamed Osman Omar “Yaraase”

• Aweys Sheikh Muhdiin

• Mahamed Ali Abdi

• Eng. Mohamed Hassan Birkan

• Col. Abdi Ali Abdul-Lahi

• Hassan Haji Mad-Jiroon

• Dr. Abdul-Lahi Abdi Ali

• Colonel Omar Ali Ibrahim (Omar Bongo)

• Colonel Mohamed Shekh Sidow

• Eng. Abdul-Lahi Aden Ibrahim

• Shamsa Haji Ali

• Drs. Nurto Hassan Birkan

• Dr. Nur Mahamed Abukar

• Saciid Sh. Ali Sh. Hassan (Saacidow)

• Prof. Mahamed Ahmed Husen “Deeq-Alle”

• Dowlay Ali Kassim

• Col. Abdul-Qadir Ali Osman

• Eng. Ali Barre Mohamed

• Prof. Abdul-Lahi Shekh Mahamed

• Dr. Hassan Aden Hassan

• Abdi-Jabar Ahmed H. Tifow

• Abdulkadir Sheikh Osman Jawari

• Isaaq Liibaan

• Mukhtar Eden Hassan

• Col. Mahamed Ali Osman

• Ali Wardheere

• Abdul-Qadir Moallim Abdul-Lahi (Araye)

• Isaaq Hassanow (Unicef)

• Abdul-Lahi Hersi Abdi

• Mukhtar Mursal

• Abdi-Karim Shekh Abdul-Lahi Moallim

• Isaaq Muumin

• Abdi-Rashid Abukar Husen

• Adan Qalamow

• Mahamud Aden Mahamed “Keyse”

• Hassan Barre Mohamed

• Salah Mahamed Hussen

• Dahir Sheikh

• Ali Husen Ali “Yarow”

• Abdullahi Haji Aliyow

• Maryan Harqalle Nur Gashaan

• Khalid Shekh Ibrahim Abdi

• Isaaq Sheikh Abdirahman

• Abdi-Hakim Ali Osman

• Ahmed Sheikh Muhdiin

• Abdi-Asiis Ahmed Abdul-Lahi “Barlamaan”

• Abdirahman Abdullahi

• Abdi-Risaq Shekh Ibrahim Omar

• Abdiqaadir Makaay

• Nabadoo Abdi Husen Karuud

• Aydrus Mahamed Abdul-Qadir

• Mohamed Sheikhey

• Abdul-Qadir Mahamed Hasan Fiqi

• Liban Abdulkadir Zoppe

• Abdalla Abdul-Qadir Omar “Bostaale”

• Fowsi Abdulrahim Mumin

• Yusuf Ali Aden

• Isaak Mohamud (Isaak Facia)

• Mohamed Abdulwahab Sheikh Nunow

• Mohamed Omar Abukar

• Jamila Omar Abukar

• Abdirashid Abdulrahim Mumin

• Nabadoon Abdu-Raxmaan Mahamed Abdul-Qadir

• Sheikh Abdiwahid Saalah Isaaq

• Mohamed Ali (Diithey)

• Deqa Hassan Birkan

• Mohamed Ahmed Hassan “Dalab”

• Abdikarim Mohamed Ali (Yanyurow)

• Dr. Mahamud Mohamed Isaaq

• Abdirizak Sheikh Muhidin

• Abba Sheikh Abu Madar

• Zayid Ali Mohamed

• Abdullahi Sidow

• Omar Ali Abdirahman

• Mohamed Nur Sheikh Abdullahi

• Abdullahi Yusuf Sidow

• Ibrahim Abdi Gamas

• Mohamed Abdullahi Abdiyow

• Nabadoon Yusuf Mahamed Moallim Jaldha

• Mohamed Nur Sheikh “Ufurow”

• Ibrahim Abdulkadir Sheikh

• Yusuf Sheikh Adow

• Mohamud Mad Yarow

• Mohamed Moalin Ahmed “Picolo”

• Sharif Ahmed Sheikh Hussein

• Abdirahman Ahmed Hussein (Malla)

• Ali Mohamed Kusow

• Mukhtar Mohamed Ali

• Hussein Ali Hussein

• Drs. Habiba Haji Abukar

• Ahmed Mohamud (Garamello)

• Mustaf Isaq Ahmed

• Mohamed Ali Nur

• Eng. Abdullahi Abdinuur

• Hassan Sheikh Aden

• Issak Nur Jiley

• Mahamed Ahmed Husen

• Mustaf Hussein Hassan

• Abdi Ali Nur

• Dahir Husen Ali "Yarow"

• Abdirashid Abdinuur

• Abdi-Salaan Shekh Abdul-Lahi

• Muhidiin Cali Hassan

• Kamal Abdi-Rahman Geelle

• Hussein Ali Hussein(Hussein olow)

• Amina Mohamed Ali (Girra)

• Ahmed Haji Hussein Hassan

• Mohammed Abukar Abdi

• Fartun Mohamed Kusow

• Abdullahi Mohamed Kusow

• Ahmed Mohamed Musow

• Ali Ibrahim Yusurow

• Hussein Moalim

• Abdulahi Mohamed

• Isak Eden

• Hussein Sheikh Ali

• Lul Ali

• Mohamed Ali

• Abuukar Abdulahi

• Fooziyo Marshaale

• Nuura Hassan

• Mohamed Ahmed

• Nuney Ibdow

• Hillowle Mohamed

• Ismail Nur

• Feysal Edan

• Abdi Abdulle

• Hussein Abaa

• Dinow Isak

• Abdirahman Said

• Jamilo Mohamed

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