SSC Unshakable Loyalty to the TFG and Somalia

[Coeus]

Each time Abdirahman Faroole, the president of Puntland, faces difficulties in his fiefdom, or fails to have his way with his TFG opponents, his knee-jerk reaction is to go for his gun, or stir the wrath of his domestic clan audiences as his chosen weapon to settle issues that otherwise call for dialogue, diplomacy and conflict resolution. A good example is his fight with dissidents led by Mohamed Said Atom in the Galgala area. This time, it is the TFG that has gone under his skin and not surprisingly he wants to put them in their place. Granted that he has grievances against President Sheikh Sheriff, justified or not, and that a token hard talk to vent his frustration is in order.

What is not acceptable is his reckless and ill-considered tantrums to cut links and end cooperation with the TFG Playing to the gallery might briefly win him instant support among the uninformed among his domestic audiences, but he is playing with fire that could have far reaching detrimental consequences for the whole of Somalia. Whether intended or not, Faroole could be leading his region towards the slippery road of secession in the footsteps of Somaliland. Demonstration in support of Faroole's action have been reported. And even the Puntland Diaspora Forum has joined the anti-TFG hysteria much to their shame.






Neither the unity of Puntland nor that of Somalia matter much to Faroole, considering his collaboration with Ethiopia and his betrayal of the SSC regions. Former Prime Minister,nAbdirazaak Haji Hussein, already downcast with what happened to the Somalia he stewarded so well after its birth as an independent country, must be wincing with shame in his old age when he sees what his own region of birth is doing to sink the shaky TFG. All the same, Somalis can console themselves that the people of Puntland, from whom Faroole hails, have a chequered and honourable history in the liberation and government of Somalia, and are the last to bring down the TFG let alone desert the union, unlike our brothers in the North, often referred to
interchangeably as Somalidiid or Somaliland.

When Faroole speaks for the people of Puntland and its government, other Somalis should be Northern clear in their mind about who he has in mind. While the regions of Sool, Sanaag, and Cayn (SSC) are technically part of Puntland which they joined in 1998, successive Puntland administrations, including the present one, have left them to the mercy of predatory Somaliland's occupation. President Faroole can not therefore be speaking for the SSC people, nor will they like him to speak for them as part of his unholy alliance against the TFG.

The Northern Somalia Unionist Movement (NSUM), speaking on behalf of the SSC people, whose sacrifices for Somalia, its defence, liberation and unity, need no reminding, draws the line between bearing grudges against the TFG and playing roulette with Somalia's desperate efforts to emerge from its quagmire. Irrespective of the well-grounded grievances that the SSC have against the TFG, including its dismal record in defending the union, the NSUM would nonetheless like to take this opportunity to assure the President, the Prime Minister and the TFG as a whole of the SSC's undivided and unshakeable loyalty to Somalia and to its government.

Long Live Somalia, and down with its enemies whoever they may be.

NSUM Executive Committee.

[kambuli]

I think we all agree on this sentence:

"Long Live Somalia, and down with its enemies whoever they may be."

[Coeus]

I think we all agree on this sentence:

"Long Live Somalia, and down with its enemies whoever they may be."