Silanyo administration’s attempt for Salahlay district to fall at present under Hargesisa district is totally rejected by the community, as this is double standard
A double standard is the application of different sets of principles for similar situations, or by two different people in the same situation. This is the policy exercised by Silanyo administration to the people living between Hargeisa and Salahlay. The attempt of president Silanyo administration to change the policy which they have adapted during the last local government election in 1212 is an ugly new effort to cheat the rights of the people living between Salahlay and Hargeisa. Had Silanyo administration accepted their new policy at present, their certainly these people would have more Councillors in Hargeisa. All of recognizes the fact that cheating one person is a crime, what do you expect cheating thousands of people or close your eyes for the rights over thousands of people… That is exactly what happens come to pass for the people living between Hargeisa and Salahlay as silanyo administration considered their votes as meaningless or equal nothing.When someone cheats you, it teaches you that greed is the root of all evil. Aspire to make your dreams come true, no matter how lofty they may be. Do not feel guilty about your success, but never let an obsession with achieving your goals lead you to engage in nasty activities. Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn’t blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won’t cheat, then you know he never will. The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you’re an artist. When people cheat in any arena, they diminish themselves-they threaten their own self-esteem and their relationships with others by undermining the trust they have in their ability to succeed and in their ability to be true. If you succeed in cheating someone, don’t think that the person is a fool .Realize that the person trusted you much, more than you deserved.
If Somali-land government fail to mark the border lines between Salahlay and Hargeisa, can Silanyo administration able handle to define the border lines between 14 regions and over 23 districts of somaliland? .The present Somali-land governments take polices that are contrary to each other. As all we know during the last Somaliland local government election in 1212, the policy administered for our election was that, the administration for small settlements falls under the districts in which votes are accounted for. Regrettably, our internal ministry would like to adapt a contrary policy to their old policy. Silanyo administration wishes the settlements which their votes were counted for Salahlay to fall at present to Hargesisa. All the successive Somali-land governments accustomed establish districts and regions without specifically defined division in a system of classification. However, all Somali-land government institute districts and regions on the basis to get political support for the people live in these loyalties and without allocating any budget to improve the life of the people living in these areas. Successive Somali-land governments from 1991 and until today fail to define the border lines of our capital city (Hargeisa). The Somali federal government formed in 1212 formed many federal states that are part of federal government, which the latest one is established for the regions of Mudug and Galguduud. Furthermore, many Somali-land districts and regions were setup through lobbying g influences and not any strategic pint of consideration.
Therefore, we urgently need experts to handle this chronic problem. But what is the definition of border line. Borders define geographic boundaries of political or legal jurisdictions between districts, regions, federal states and nations and other sub-national entities .Some borders such as a state’s internal administrative border or inter-state borders such as the Schengen countries. Other borders are partially or fully controlled, and may be crossed legally only at designated border checkpoint and border zones may be controlled.Political borders are nonphysical fiat boundaries imposed on the world through human agency. This means that although a political border may not follow a river or mountain range the river nor the mountain range is the border. Nevertheless, border is often classified by whether or not they follow certain physical features on the earth. Some nation requires presentation of legal paperwork like passports and Visas or other identity documents to cross the border. In regions where smuggling, migration, and infiltration are a problem, many countries fortify borders with fences and barriers and institute formal border control procedures. If fail to mark the border lines between our regions and districts which is within our threshold, can we secure bigger issues which are in hands of foreign nations. We should know the reality that, there are hundreds of foreigners living in Somali-land representing the international community and these foreigners noticed hundreds of our weakness which possibly not encouraged to extend further assistance to Somali-land. In conclusion, any new policy changes between the border lines with regard to Salahlay and Hargisa to be taken by Somali-land internal ministry is totally rejected, as it is unethical to all standards.
Ismail Yusuf