He reiterates holding of general elections as scheduled and vows the defense of the nation
By M.A. Egge
The President of Somaliland H.E. Musa Bihi Abdi has highlighted the epitome of hypocrisy of Somalia President Hassan Sheikh and that of his allies as he addressed hundreds members of the public in Saraar region.
The President reiterated that the forthcoming national presidential and political party elections would be held as scheduled in November and that it would not be postponed at all.
In the same breath, he pointed out the legal upgrading of the Saraar region would be done as per constitution.
While strongly saying that the nation of Somaliland will staunchly defend itself to the hilt against foreign subversions against it led by the Somalia regime, the President was categorical that no forms of undermining and intimidation by any powers may be dampen the country’s resolve to defend itself.
He expressed his shock that the Somalia leader would stand at a sacred pulpit inside a mosque and spew lies about Somaliland. He wondered how Hassan Sheikh would turn a blind eye to the fact that Somaliland and Somalia were completely two separate entities and nations, and that since Somaliland re-asserted its independence by dissolving the ill-fated union with the former southern Italian Somalia, “this nation has been independent once more for the past 34 years and had completely nothing in common with Somalia at all”.
Somaliland has its own trappings of nationhood as concerns the national flag, constitution, national government institutions (legislature, judiciary, executive, military), monetary currency, territory etc that are completely separate from Somalia and yet blind eyes are turned naively towards the facts.
The president wondered why Somalia assumes, naively again, that they can enter an international pact as if Somaliland was part of it.
He questioned the morality of Somalia entering talks with Ethiopia concerning a portion of Somaliland’s territory while broodingly assuming that it has jurisdiction to do so, a fact testified by Ethiopia itself, and her (Somalia’s) allies Qatar, Egypt and Djibouti, in cahoots.
He maintained that whatever happens, Somaliland was convicted to safeguarding and defending her rights to the hilt, within and without, and at all costs as had done before.
He made it clear that all Somalilanders in the country despite political affiliation differences were strongly united in the defense and safeguarding of national integrity.
He once again expressed his dismay at the likes of the Egyptian state that have failed to open the Rafa Crossing such that relief supplies may reach the afflicted war-raven people of Palestine yet they poke their unjustified ill-driven motives towards subverting the aspirations of the Somaliland nation.
He observed that nations forge for matters in line and directly concerning their selfish interests and turn blind eyes to truths, facts and righteousness at the expense of, and as opposed to, moral rights.
He pledged the unwavering defense of the nation against any threats whatsoever.