kambuli wrote:Even though Xawaadle is basically his kin, more closer to him than his lineage which is abgaal, but Hassan needs to remember that he was not elected by not Hawaadle or Abgaal..The whole vote he got from Hawiye in general was 7....
It is good to hear that Hiiraan has accepted a governer named by the government...But what happened to the constitution? What happened to Federal System?
If they think they can play a game and say we elected a governer for Hiiraan so we will elect a governer for other states that is not going to happen...Central government is why all the Somali regions were not developed at all and this needs not to happen again.
But one thing Somalis need to understand all is; peace is the basis of a nation...
Under the very constitution, only Puntland qualifies a federal state. We are not going back to the failed federal model: Puntland iyo Somalida kale. The constitution has to be revisited again and the federal requirements on forming a federal state have to be changed. There will need to be a clarification on which regional map to use: the 18 or the 9 from independence. Some new gobols may need to be created. Why is it that Hiiraan which has 4 times the population of Mudug, Nugaal and Baari have less representation in the federal system ?
Secondly, Garguurte is naming these governors to become temporary administrators of these newly liberated areas while the situation stabilizes. To form federal states now is premature when AS are still in large parts of these very gobols and the clans that supported the Ethiopian/AMISOM are still uneasy with the clans that support AS. In interim, we need direct federal control until Shabab is defeated and there can be grassroots peace and reconciliation talks. To form a mamuul goboleed now in Hiiraan makes no sense because Al Shabab runs more than 1/2 the area and there has been no genuine reconciliation between the clans who were for or against AS.
The same can be said for Jubbada hoose, Dhexe, Bay (AmIsom just went into Bur Hakaba), Bakool, Galgaduud, 1/4 of Mudug, Gedo.
Personally, I believe that this mamuul goboleed business is fitna. We are not politically mature to implement federalism. Even look at the existing mamuul goboleeds, they are bastions of corruption, teeming with foreign agents and don't behave like federal states like say Virginia but want to behave like separate countries. I do believe that there is a need for some sort of autonomous rule that is limited to: judiciary, policing, education, health, and development but not the current federal model which these states want to do foreign relations, import weapons, sign agreements with foreign countries, print Somali shillings etc.
