Somaliland has no case, and they are making an emotional plea that makes no sense. The military regime attacked its people both North and South. The colonial argument is the weakest argument I have heard.
All in all, they have no case and people working in the Somaliland government even in the president office quietly support Somalia as one country. The people pushing for this weak argument are tribal hardliners that came together in a political umbrella called SNM which later divided into 3 parties to make it look like they have a multiparty system but in actual fact, it is a one-party system controlled predominately on their ideals of having their own tribal state.
The union didn't work due to military dictatorship, in fact, the whole Somali government didn't work and collapsed, hence it is not something specific to Somaliland and there is no difference between Somalia and Somaliland. The international community is not blind from history or current affairs and will never endorse a two-state solution without people blessing.
It can't fulfil the wishes of hardliners politicians who control Somaliland politics as the monopoly of power for themselves. The young people are slowly waking up to this illegitimate government, but they are not revolting because this illegitimate government is better than anarchy .
No one wants Anarchy, hence keep what you have and live to fight another day. The political reckoning is coming very, very soon. What that looks like god knows but the situation can not continue ASIS.
This one of the reasons why Somaliland will never get recognized, SL government always uses old heads to present their case to the world which always fails,look at their finance Minister Dr. Saad Ali Shire, he can't even convince the black anchor why Somaliand is seeking an indepence from Somalia,what an embarrassing interview the so called Dr did on this clip
I mean did he have to repeat and parrot around the election/selections all over the interview, they need to hire younger and smarter generation to present their case to world with a new approach since "We were Genocided" and "we are different ethnic group" did work.
All in all, they have no case and people working in the Somaliland government even in the president office quietly support Somalia as one country. The people pushing for this weak argument are tribal hardliners that came together in a political umbrella called SNM which later divided into 3 parties to make it look like they have a multiparty system but in actual fact, it is a one-party system controlled predominately on their ideals of having their own tribal state.
The union didn't work due to military dictatorship, in fact, the whole Somali government didn't work and collapsed, hence it is not something specific to Somaliland and there is no difference between Somalia and Somaliland. The international community is not blind from history or current affairs and will never endorse a two-state solution without people blessing.
It can't fulfil the wishes of hardliners politicians who control Somaliland politics as the monopoly of power for themselves. The young people are slowly waking up to this illegitimate government, but they are not revolting because this illegitimate government is better than anarchy .
No one wants Anarchy, hence keep what you have and live to fight another day. The political reckoning is coming very, very soon. What that looks like god knows but the situation can not continue ASIS.
This one of the reasons why Somaliland will never get recognized, SL government always uses old heads to present their case to the world which always fails,look at their finance Minister Dr. Saad Ali Shire, he can't even convince the black anchor why Somaliand is seeking an indepence from Somalia,what an embarrassing interview the so called Dr did on this clip
I mean did he have to repeat and parrot around the election/selections all over the interview, they need to hire younger and smarter generation to present their case to world with a new approach since "We were Genocided" and "we are different ethnic group" did work.
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