Somalia: Is Puntland Drifting Towards Collapse?

[MrPrestige]

Puntland president, Abdirahman Mohamud Farole , is facing security challenges that his predecessors did not face.

President Farole was in Kenya and having a photo-op with American Embassy officials in Nairobi when a judge and a member of Punltand people’s assembly were murdered in Bosaso and Garowe respectively.

A hand grenade was thrown into Punt land’s local government offices in Galka’yo in the same day. Almost two weeks ago the Puntland president asked people in Puntland to trust in the ability of his government’s security forces to deal with mounting insecurity and violence in Puntland. Without having solid evidence president of Puntland implied that people coming from other parts of Somalia and Somali populated territories in Ethiopia endanger Puntland security.

Puntland’s security related problems partly lie in the misuse of resources for political and personal purposes. Puntland mistakenly believes that it has a Secret Service known as Puntland Intelligence Service (PSI). Since Puntland is an administration based on a clan consensus, why its political leaders have chosen to mislead people into believing PIS is as adept at “ counter-terrorism” as Ethiopia’s or Kenya’s or Djibouti’s secret services is not known.

Puntland may collapse if president Farole does not avoid pinning blame on external forces. Candid discussion of Puntland’s problems can start from figuring out what is the direct and indirect role of Puntland government in security and economic woes.

If the assassins targeting government officials are linked to ‘extremist groups’, who created conditions in which one can carry out targeted killings and bombing? Puntland has moved from honesty and self-criticism based positive clan consensus that gave the Puntlanders the relative peace they enjoyed for ten years. If Puntlanders see that public resources are being misused, Puntland government will be gradually paving the way for the break up of Puntland into clan fiefdoms, each using a system of self-rule —traditional or religion based –to try to coexist with each other peacefully.


Liban Ahmad
Libahm@gmail.com

[nomadicwarlord]

Nope, Puntland's foundations are strong, few scattered incidents won't undo the progress done in the last 10 years. In your case, if Somaliland doesn't hold elections soon, it will be fair to say that Somaliland is drifting towards collapse. No pun intended.

[Goljano Lion]

there is a Somali saying Beentaada hore, runtaada danbey u daran tahay

Beeni raad ma leh.

[ToughGong]

No PUN intended

[Somalian_Boqor]

Puntland untiy is greatest today than ever! Iidoors can keep dreaming

Soon the People that use to make decisions for Hargeysa will do so again, if you know what I mean.

[Goljano Lion]

Futooleh should know beggars cannot be choosers

[Ducaysane_87]

^^^^^^ walle Amin Amir wa qatar ninku his drawings get interesting day by day.

[surrender]

Why do you some journalist wonabe do this? Give us their email, instead of reliable source? I.e. reliable website?

[Ducaysane_87]

Why do you some journalist wonabe do this? Give us their email, instead of reliable source? I.e. reliable website?

it's usually a archive they websites promoting everybodies opinion in this cause the opinion of a concerned puntlander , don't mistaken this for a news.

[surrender]

Sure he is, he posed as puntlander yh.

[Ducaysane_87]

Sure he is, he posed as puntlander yh.

lol just because he talked about the reality he is suddenly pretending to be puntlander?

[surrender]

reality? your wishful thinking you mean?

[Ducaysane_87]

reality? your wishful thinking you mean?

surrender - why are you trying to hide from reality? it will find you for now keep playing Hide n Seek.

[Dhaga Bacayl]

Futooleh should know beggars cannot be choosers

[ModerateMuslim]

faroole is even worse than sharif