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EDITORIAL
Individuals such as Jama Mohamed Ghalib (Jama Yare) , Mohamud A. Jama (Sifir) and Aw Hassan who recently wrote to Mr. Kiplagat, the Kenyan mediator of the Somali reconciliation conference at Nairobi, that they be allowed to attend the 3rd phase of the talks as representatives of the Isak clan, have only made themselves the laughing stock of the Somaliland people. These are people who after failing in Somaliland's politics chose to flee the country and live abroad. Instead of figuring out why they failed in Somaliland's politics and correcting their mistakes, they embarked on a disgraceful anti-Somaliland campaign aimed at undermining the country’s independence. Hence, their latest clumsy attempt of begging Mr. Kiplagat to recognize them as representatives of the Isak has hardly come as a surprise to anyone in Somaliland. Still, we must point out that their latest gimmick is not going to change anything because the people of Somaliland have chosen their own course which is independence. Not even Somaliland's government which was chosen by the Somaliland people in a free and fair election, has the mandate to reverse this course, let alone a bunch of political outcasts who make their living by acting as agents for those seeking the destruction of Somaliland.
The question of who represents the people of Somaliland has never been in doubt in the last 13 years since this country restored its independence. Even in the midst of the worst upheavals that it witnessed in the early nineties, Somaliland hasn’t experienced a power vacuum. And now with political parties already functioning in the country and a democratically elected government in place, only shameless miscreants like Jama Yare, Sifir and Aw Hassan could dare to try usurping the mandate of representation that the Somaliland people vested on their legitimate leaders. A seasoned diplomat such as Kiplagat should know better than to succumb to the maneuvers of the above-named failed pseudo-politicians, and here is why:
1- The conference has already dragged on for a year and half without making much progress. Letting in new delegates at this late stage would only create new problems.
2- Allowing fake delegates to represent the Isak would undermine the credibility of the reconciliation process in the eyes of the so-called official delegates attending the talks.
3- Somaliland has already achieved national reconciliation many years ago, and since then, has been engaged in the process of nation-building and improving the quality of life for its citizens. Whereas the situation in Italian Somalia is getting worse and worse. Therefore, the conference should leave Somaliland alone and focus on finding a solution for the deadly conflicts in Italian Somalia.
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