PM Hamza Speech On Eliminating The PM Office

[DR OSMAN]

I listened to his speech completely and he backed HSM on cancelling the office of PM for a VP role. He said I met Somalis who are sick and tired of political conflict with the President/PM office. Then he basically said somalis are emotional or gullible and shouldn't believe some leader who has hidden personal/family interest but uses the Islam card, Tribal Card, etc to achieve those hidden interests.

He is right many people have a hidden personal interest when they drumming up the Islam or Tribal card. But funny enough, he crafted his 'hidden agendas' with some half-truths, like most Somalis do and he also has the same conflict of interest he threw onto other leaders due to his position. He is using the 'wadani 'card is the only difference while crafting his hidden agendas with some half-baked truth.

Now what he was wrong about was;

1. He met a few Somalis who are anti President/PM office, they don't represent Somalis universally as he tried to argue to support his position to cancel the PM office.
2. This war on the PM office has roots to HSM only who lacks a vision to select a PM on a 'criteria' thru consultations with PL/JL
3. The conflict of president/pm doesn't make parliamentary system bad. PPL mix up what is a 'system or human' problem. For example, their is bad doctors, doesn't mean medicine the system is bad. Their is bad democracies, doesn't mean that democracy is bad. Their is bad muslims, doesn't mean Islam is bad. PM Hamza, just becuz their is conflict you are educated enough to distinguish if it's a system or human fault.

The idea behind a President/PM system was to ensure power isn't concentrated like Siyad Barre government which can be used for abuse of power or can be used to isolate regions or clans because of political differences.

Now I do support we FIX the parliamentary system not REPLACE it. By replacing it would mean we should replace democracies due to bad democracies or replace islam due to bad muslims or replace medicine due to bad doctors.

What we need to do is FIX the system so it doesn't lead to conflict. If HSM is genuine why doesn't he disempower his position to a ceremonial symbolic head of state, rather then interfere in the 4.5 quota of the PM of another clan?

Let's be gentlemen and adults, let's not make HSM incompetence be a problem with the system. Many leaders have operated just fine with the current system, only HSM hasn't and therefore it's HSM problem not a system problem.

Why does the whole system have to change because of 1 man? Now im prepared if PL will discuss how to modify the constitution to ensure there is no loop-holes on President/PM role, but that's it. We will not essentially change a damn 'letter' in the constitution, if it is found the issue is a Human problem.

 

[DR OSMAN]

If I was in the technical commitee on the constitution. I would argue for strong pm, ceremonial president and allocate clans to the two positions. Darod as PM, and HAG as president. So in elections only president and hags run for it. Not this 'loop hole' in constitution where both president/pm are un-clear because both clans want a system when their clan is in either seat to have full power. This is unworkable.

I would ask hags to tanasul to ceremonial position becuz the capital is theirs and it would be better governance a strong darod president or pm with mogadishu a non-darod city serving as a social check n balance. I would present this theory to Somalis to see if it's sound and wise. I am sure the international community will welcome it becuz it's another layer of 'safety'.

 

[DR OSMAN]

I think it's doing a disservice to Somali people to lie to them like PM Hamza by bringing SW/HS/GM to the table, which we know are in the pockets of any SFG govt because;

1. They have no social vision or philosophy, isimo united, a constitution and they are therefore dependent on the SFG for all of this which will switch depending on who's in the SFG office and make them unpredictable and unstable.

2. Their not financially independent either and require SFG funding through international budget support.

3. Finally the SFG itself isn't free and reliant on budget support and do not represent anyone in the nation but it's bloody donors who are possibly influencing them behind closed doors on the Somalia they see fit for their external interest not local realities.