The President Is Culpable In The Eventuality Of The EC’s Office Closure In Hargeisa
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By Farah Ali Jama, Ottawa , Canada
In my last short article titled, “Rayale Paints Himself In A Corner,” which appeared on www.somaliland.org on October 27, 2005, which is accessible on this link: www.somaliland.org/opinions.asp?ID=05102705, I briefly discussed some characteristics of a real politician and talked about some simple techniques that a politician requires to grasp in order to excel in his art and further emphasized the importance of “timing” in politics as well as the necessity of knowing What to raise, When to raise, and Where to raise an issue in order that that issue may garner the intended effect or have the maximum impact. In addition, I discussed about the usual deafening and intentional silence of the president at critical times when the entire nation is on its toes and demanding his prompt intervention or to address the nation in order to clarify important national issues at hand, and further explained the manner in which he usually breaks his silence and enters the fray late with a mediocre salvo or bang, which often embarrasses and disappoints the expectations of both his domestic and international audiences.
On the other hand, the magnificent piece titled, “Open Letter To: The President Of Somaliland,” by Prof. Ahmed Al-Azhari, which also appeared on www.somaliland.org website on October 31, 2005, which is accessible on this ink: www.somaliland.org/opinons.asp?ID=05103100 , similarly discussed many important issues including the necessity of the What, When, and Where of an issue and further contained invaluable advise and admonitions and the need for the president and his administration to heed.
Although both the writings of the professor and mine were not coordinated, certainly our intentions were to awaken, enlighten and admonish both the president and the politicians and hoped that they will all learn something out of these writings. But that was not the case and both of our efforts and that of other Somalilanders on this regard went down the drain and fell on deaf ears as usual!
Folks, it is déjà vu. With the recent unsomalilander, unnationalistic, unpolitical, undiplomatic, and undemocratic actions of our young, unqualified, and inexperienced Minister of National Planning who to the surprise of both the public and international community declared the Field Officer/Head of the European Commission’s office in Hargeisa as persona non grata and who further blamed the official for unsubstantiated allegation of meddling in the internal affairs of the country and corruption of EU funds, which immediately triggered the timely condemnation of the government by the intrepid opposition parties as well as by the civil society organizations and the Diaspora Somalilanders and coupled by the outcry of the general public who have all demanded that both the Minister and the Administration to fully substantiate their serious allegations and to quickly rescind their illegal actions in order to salvage the good image of this country that is constantly being tarnished by the stupid actions and the need to safeguard the ever growing healthy relations between Somaliland and the European Union and the rest of the international community, the president of the Republic of Somaliland is intentionally silent about this sensitive issue and as usual lying low, while colossal damage is being done to the international image of this nation in its efforts to achieve political recognition from the world!!
As a result of this serious development in our nation, I would like to clearly state here that the president’s intervention in this grave matter is long over due and in the event that his silence may sour the healthy and growing relationship between Somaliland and the European Union and in the eventuality of the European Commission’s Office closure in Hargeisa, the president is fully culpable and impeachable.
I therefore urge the president to be pragmatic and to pressure his blind minister to quickly rescind his order to expel the Field Officer of the European Union or to resign or to be fired accordingly.
It is that simple Mr. President! You have heard it loud and clear. It is either the personal interest of your young, unqualified, undiplomatic, and inexperience Minister/Cousin or the national interest of Somaliland. The choice is yours!