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Copy to united nations office to Somalia and Somaliland
Copy to all Somaliland stake holders.
Copy to UK foreign office.
Copy to British ambassador, Somalia and Somaliland
Copy to US State dept.
Copy to foreign office, Danish government
Copy to foreign office, Norwegian government
Copy to all international community accredited to Somaliland.
Copy to Somaliland political parties
Cop to whom it may concern
Dear gents/Madam
It is my pleasure to write this letter and inform Somaliland stake holders our deep sorry the destructive policy imposes by the current Somaliland government that sourced deep disappointment to our people as hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today, but this not the situation in Somaliland at present as situation is deteriorating day by day in Somaliland over the last couple of years. All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope, but none of two is on horizon to Somaliland. Our people consider this government like forcing to eat food that you have no apatite or desire to eat. With regard to the main issue that influenced me to write this letter to Somaliland stake holders our and our desperate people.
The ruling government of Somaliland and their political party, Kulmiye have every sign of bad government like discrimination, power abuse, epidemic corruption, social inequality, restricting press freedom, restricting free speech, hypocrisy, ignorance, bribery, kickback & injustices double standard, tribalism, nepotism, favouritism, absences of employment policy, uneven distribution on our resources, international isolation from the international community, leadership crisis, cross roads, appointing excessive number of minsters, excessive tax increase, lavish government spending for unnecessary issues.
The culture of conflict of interests, appointing unnecessary regions districts which are not economical contribution and viability, absences of investment policy, lack of democracy institutions, government officials above the law, false propaganda, absence of strategic policy, fear of constructive changes, the culture of fearing of constructive criticism, the culture of blaming their faults and failures who are to nothing with that faults or failures, the policy of hiding how our annual budget was spent which mean visible and intended corruption, ordering goods and services from suppliers at higher prices to get personal benefit and self-gain, absences of procurement and contract polices which mean visible corruption , false budget figures, appointing unnecessary political positions such needless ambassadors, deputy ministers, ministries without portfolio, police state government , authoritarian system, appointing dozens of fruitless committees.
The policy of using the army and the police to oppress the civilians and the political oppositions, misuse of political power for private gain, the survival of the fittest policy which mean the strong the weak, appointing government officials without proper qualification, skills and past experience, the culture of creating climate of hostility between Somaliland people, dismantling the bridge that connects Somaliland to each other, dividing our people into groups who are hostile to each, the culture of vote buying, the culture of vote rigging, using the government as monopoly for any issues, militarization of law enforcement, using the law to oppress political opponents, converting the rights into privileges, the policy of using absolute power which mean political corruption, using some of our people as advertising apparatuses and propaganda machines and bribing our parliament in an effort endorse illegal and corrupt demands like Berbera port investment which its main to get kickbacks and gain to get self again of the deal individually.
The culture of preaching lies to our people , favouring few business tycoons in the expanse of others, failing to separate between subjective and objective, the policy of undiplomatic language that creates enmity and isolation to Somaliland, the culture of treating the wrong as right and right as wrong , the policy of impatience, the narrow-minded policy, fear of free and fair election, the culture of treating innocent citizens like terrorists and using excessive forces while arresting civilians in mid nights, arrest without warranty which is not in line with our constitution, fear of peaceful protests, the culture of indiscriminately killing our innocent citizens, and police that use life bullets against unarmed civilians
There is no negative trait which is known for Kulmiye government as everything working for this government to antic lock wise which mean wrong direction. Constitution, democracy, free and fair election, justices, transparency, accountability, good governance, rule of law, justice, honest and fair decisions are not the books for Kulmiye government. Somaliland which was before rising star in the horn of Africa and good model of Africa true democracy at present considered the darkest spot in the horn Africa as everything is done in anti-clock wise or in other words the wrong. President Silanyo who was elected on public vote on 2010 is out of picture and the inner circle leading by his wife is the real ruler in Somaliland and the entire cabinet falls under his control.
While on press conference, the trade minister, Shuaib has confirmed that he reports directly to first lady. Behaviour is the mirror in which everyone shows their image. The ‘self-image’ is the key to human personality and human behaviour. We cannot anymore defend from Somaliland as there is no single issue that we can attract from the international community as everything in Somaliland from bad to worse situation. The unity of Somaliland people that use to exist few years ago not exist anymore simply the government divided Somaliland people into parts and parcels. The present Kulmiye party compose tribal alliance, but not democratic institution which tribal originations, but not political party. The first lady, Amina Waris being the real ruler in Somaliland, she interferes even minor local issues in Somaliland like appointing government minsters, sacking ministries, awarding contracting and appointing every government official. The international community lost trusting Somaliland leadership as they become visible example of bad leadership. Bad leaders have a negative impact on their people and impose damage to Somaliland both locally and overseas.
The bottom line is, this government today stands the least liked, least loved, least wanted, least favoured, least admired, least to trust, least to elect, least to lead, least to inspire, least to anticipate and least to depend as this government leading Somaliland into dark future. This government exist only to look their individual interest in the expanse of common interest for their people. Their main is share the limited resources of Somaliland among themselves. Most of the companies that, this government awards the contract belong to senior government officials who are close to president inner circle. In short, as trust is like a mirror once broken cannot be repaired, equally Somaliland people lost trusting Kulmiye government in view of above.
Ismail Lugweyne