By Abdi Goud Musa, Connecticut, USA

Bashir Omar Goth is good friend of mine. He is one of the most intelligent Somalis I know off. He is great poet, writer, journalist, and decent human being. He is the son of  Sheikh Omar Goth(A great Islamic scholar and Pioneer who is father of education of Dilla) as his family spells it. I spell my middle name Goud so I do not receive any roughing, stones thrown at  ,some jabs or upper cut thrown by someone who is mad about something any  member of that family wrote or said at anywhere. Bashir Omar Goth is also the brother-in-law of my late best friend Adan Mohamed Ali Saraye may Allah bless his soul.Bashir Omar Goth is  the brother of my friend's widow Rabia Sheik Omar Goth,  one of the most dynamic women I know of; but he is wrong this time.

So is Faisal Ali Waraabe who is also another good friend of mine and happen to be from the Sultanate of  my tribe.

These two decent people, thinkers, leaders and friends of mine are wrong for three reasons.First, where I have been living since 1980, over quarter of century, namely the United States of America, no one goes to jail for what one believes,whom one associates with, what party one starts, or what platform runs on, and  for  what one  advocates no matter  how horrible including the KU Kulux Klan who are do not have any respect for anyone except their members or believes.

Secondly, I am not convinced that my high school or secondary schoolmate Mohamed Abdi Yusuf(Gaboose) as he is well known for, Mohamed Hashi Elmi one of the founders of SNM, and Jamal Cadiid whom I am told is from Dunbuluq(where I was born) which by itself carries good connotation, did anything wrong to be put to jail without due process.

Thirdly, Somalialnd is small country that is not recognized by the world community. What most Somalilanders including Bashir Omar Goth and Faisal Ali Waraabi were trying to advocate and sell to the world public that Somalialnd is democracy. Somaliland has checks and balance. Somaliland has elected president, bicameral elected parliament, and independent judiciary. Is not  arbitrary imprisonment of opposing political leaders as those of Qaran leaders far from the previous statement? I think it is. No one I mean no one, should go to jail in Somaliland without due process.If the government has a case Qaran leadership it has every right to bring them to court. Without due process and every Somalilander having legal representation and his/her day in court, I for one, I am not buying that imprisoning these three individuals is serving Somaliland and its people well. 

Let the gentlemen have their day in court and let the government prove that they committed a crime.  

Abdi Goud Musa, Connecticut, USA