Somaliland – Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Part VII – England, US Will Never Recognize Hargeisa

In six earlier articles, I highlighted aspects of the overwhelming rejection of the present Somaliland regime of tyrant Riyaale by all the Northern Somalis who have been entrapped in Riyaale’s illegal territory.

Here are the titles of the articles and the links to them:

Somaliland – Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Part I

Somaliland – Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Part II. Riyaale Snubbed by UK Diplomacy

Somaliland– Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Part III–Tyrant Riyaale: Relative of Gangster Gen. Gabre

Somaliland – Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Part IV

Somaliland – Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Part V – Tyrant Riyale’s Effort to Eliminate the Opposition

Somaliland – Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Part VI Overthrow Riyaale Now!

In the present article, I republish three reports that represent authoritative snapshots from the impasse to which tyrant Riyaale drove the breakaway pseudo-state. The ongoing dispute over the voter-registration process does not bode well for the Northern Somalis, as it testifies to an evil plan elaborated by the Riyaale gang in order to carry out an electoral fraud.

On the other hand, the arrest, imprisonment and expulsion of the Northern Somali Member of the Somali Parliament Mohamed Mohamud (also known as Indhobur) authenticates the evil nature of the Riyaale gang, and the high treason committed by all those who, ruling tyrannically from Hargeisa, betrayed the national interests of Somalia to the profit of the evil colonial Ethio-fascist state of Abyssinia.

In vain, because – to properly follow and correctly interpret Minister of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Lord Malloch-Brown ‘s words – England and the European and North-American establishments will never allow anything like the formal recognition of Somaliland to take place. They want merely to preserve and perpetuate the current division that does not represent the interests and the wishes of any Somali. The clear discourse became immediately a brief report in the leading Somali blogspot Gargaar (http://gargaar.blogspot.com/) from where I republish it.

Dispute Deepens over Somaliland Voter-registration Process

(Amongst others: http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_Dispute_deepens_over_Somaliland_voter-registration_process.shtml and
http://gargaar.blogspot.com/)

Hargeisa, Somalia Mar 9 (gargaar) - The head of the voter-registration process in Somaliland has been sacked, deepening an ongoing political crisis.

Mr. Ismail Muse Nur is a member of Somaliland's election commission and has chaired the voter-registration process from the beginning.

In 2008, Mr. Nur apologized for misreporting on the number of registered voters in Awdal region, where he hails from along with Somaliland President Dahir Riyale.

In recent days, there has been growing dispute about why the server that counts registered voters was turned on in the absence of opposition parties and why there are major changes in voter demographics in different regions, our correspondent in Hargeisa reported.

The dispute worsened when Interpeace, the aid group facilitating donor funds for the voter-registration process, and the Somaliland election commission jointly issued the number of registered voters in different regions.

In Awdal region, for example, the number of registered voters increased by an astounding 68,000 more voters than previously declared, while other regions like Togdheer recorded a lesser number of voters. On recent registration scheme, Awdal was reported to be of 133,000 voters, then two days ago that number was upgraded to 201,000. There is no increase in any other region, but most of them get a number that is amazingly less than that initial announcement, though each region was given an extra 15 days to register those who missed first time.

No logical explanation is given how a voter registration number get reduced when extra time is allocated to register more voters. Worse than that if Awdal is increased by more than 52%, how come other more populated regions failed to increase. It is worth noting that Awdal is President Riyale's home region, which gives this foul play more sour taste. And worst of all the fired Commissioner too hails from Awdal region.

Somaliland's election commission has been mired in internal dispute since it was first established, including changing the chairman numerous times.
Voter demographics plays a pivotal role in the Somaliland election, as different regions home to various clan-groups seek representation in the region's government.

Meanwhile, the two opposition parties UCID and Kulmiye continues to demand that Somaliland's two house of Parliament appoint a caretaker government after the election commission delayed the March 29 presidential election to May 31. On the other hand, President Riyale is on extended holiday in London. It is known in diplomatic circles that he is avoiding the tense situation back home, ready to seek safe heaven if political unrest materializes. He did the same last year before his term was extended for a year.

Hargeysa-based freelance Journalist Ali Hargeysawi can be reached here: gargaarblog@gmail.com

Somaliland Expels Somalia MP After 11 Days in Jail

http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somaliland_expels_Somalia_MP_after_11_days_in_jail.shtml

Hargeisa, Somalia Mar 10 (Garowe Online) - Authorities in Somalia's breakaway republic of Somaliland have expelled a Somali Member of Parliament after jailing him for 11 days, Radio Garowe reports.

MP Mohamed Mohamud "Indhobur" was arrested by Somaliland police on Feb. 27 at the airport in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland and Somalia's second-largest city.

He spent the past 11 days at Mandhera Prison, with Somaliland Interior Minister Abdullahi Ismail "Irro" saying the Somali MP will face charges of 'treason' and 'public embezzlement'.

Mr. Indhobur was the Somaliland-appointed deputy governor of Sool region, which is disputed between the separatist republic of Somaliland and the pro-unity federal state of Puntland.

In October 2007, he took active role in Somaliland's violent capture of Las Anod, the provincial capital of Sool.

Mr. Indhobur was reportedly put on a plane Tuesday from Hargeisa to Mogadishu, Somalia's national capital. He joined the expanded parliament of Somalia after defecting from Somaliland in January.

Somaliland has strict laws against people from the region who claim to represent Somaliland and attend peace conferences aimed at finding a national government for Somalia.

Mr. Indhobur became a Somali MP at the Djibouti peace conference, which concluded in January with the election of President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed.

The Somaliland administration has refused to participate at Somali peace conferences, arguing that the breakaway region is an independent republic.

Somaliland, located in northwestern Somalia, has not been recognized internationally and is poised to hold presidential elections in May 2009.

"First and Foremost, the Leaders of Somalia and Somaliland Must Sit Down to Try to Resolve Their Differences"
By Minister of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office Lord Malloch-Brown

http://gargaar.blogspot.com/

Minister of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office Lord Malloch-Brown: "First and foremost, the leaders of Somalia and Somaliland must sit down to try to resolve their differences".

Lord Malloch-Brown: "We have had contact with the President of Somaliland, and the Foreign Secretary will meet him. Our position remains the same: first and foremost, the leaders of Somalia and Somaliland must sit down to try to resolve their differences.

Beyond that, it is for Africa to take the lead in any change of status that might follow. We certainly cannot overlook the fact that Somaliland is the one part of broader Somalia where there is, at the moment, some reasonable government and development progress. Indeed, some 60 per cent of our development assistance is applied to Somaliland because of the success that is possible there. On Somalia, the fight against piracy is certainly critical. As noble Lords know, we are very much involved in the piracy taskforce; its command centre is here in the UK. Beyond that, we are engaged onshore in Somalia, in the work to stabilise the political situation.

There is important progress at the moment and we have been encouraging that with a new President, who has now succeeded in forming a broad-based Government, who have returned to Mogadishu. While there have been ups and downs in security, the basic trend towards a more inclusive politics in Somalia seems to be on course as an outcome of the Djibouti process".

Note
Picture: In case of fraud and fake elections that might be attempted by the Riyaale gang in the forthcoming elections, chaos will prevail in Somaliland with many suicide attacks occurring on regular basis. The porous pseudo-borders between Puntland and Somaliland will be crossed by thousands of Shebaab fighters who will carry out all that it takes to spread insurgence from Somaliland to Djibouti and Abyssinia in view of the much publicized Islamic Republic of Eastern Africa Picture of Shebaab fighters from:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/29/somalia-suicide-attacks