The newly formed Somali cabinet has received mixed reactions among the Somali community world wide. These reactions included uproar as well as some warm receptions from within the Somali community.

We at Hiiraan Online initiated gathering reactions through an adequate mechanism that we wished for to remain fair and balance.

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By Dr. Ali Said Faqi

Every hope for the future of Somalia seems to have a short life and is always mired by warlords who let the world to believe that there will be no Somalia without their blessing. After almost 2 years of negotiations and wrestling in Nairobi, Kenya, the Somali delegates have led the foundation of a Somali parliament, which has later elected a President. As expected the President has picked a Prime minister, who most of us agree as being an excellent choice. We all however, anticipated the formation of the cabinet to be the most difficult challenge facing the Prime Minister considering the fact that he had no choice but to select the cabinet from the parliament. This has further weakened the selection process knowing that all the parliamentarians were selected by the warlords with few exceptions I should say, after forcing IGAD representatives to accept only individuals who appear into their list. There were 2 ways to deal with the cabinet formation issue; the difficulty way and the easy way. The difficult way would have involved the elimination of the warlords and their minions from the executive branch of the government, but this would have been a difficult sell. Therefore, the IGAD, EU and probably the US have pressured the Prime minister and the President to accommodate the corrupt and the warlords into the cabinet. As a result the new cabinet became an exclusive club of warlords and their minions.

Afyare Cabdi Cilmi

Qodobka ugu hadal-heynta badan ee baryahan dadka Soomaaliyeed iska wareystaan waa xukuumadda cusub ee uu Ra’iisul-wasaare Cali Maxamed Geedi uga dhawaaqay Nairobi horraantii bishan. Dad badan baa saluugay halka qaar kale ay taageereen. Haddaba, qormadan waxaan ku falanqeyn doonaa aragtideyda ku aadan xukuumaddan cusub.

Dadka qaar baa qaba inay habbooneyd inuu Ra’iisul-wasaare Geedi magacaabo ugu badnaan 15 wasiir oo aqoon iyo karti leh isagoon u fiirin isku-dheelli-tirka beelaha. Aragti kale ayaa iyaduna ku doodeysa in xaqiiqada hadda dalka ka jirta ay qasbayso in dagaal-oogayaashu ay noqdaan wasiirrada. Qaar badan oo ka mid ah xubnaha baarlamaanku waxay qabaan in qeybinta wasiirrada lagu saleeyo habkii Soomaalidu wax ku qeybsatay ee ahaa afar beelood iyo bar.

President Abdullahi Yussuf failed to pass the first test

By A. Dirshe

After almost a month of anticipation, eagerly waiting for the formation of a representative Somali government, a highly controversial list of ministers was announced. Other posts could not be filled because of outstanding ‘issues’, according to the prime minister’s office. Somalis everywhere are outraged. It is neither an all-inclusive government, nor is it representative. There are only few new ministers who are technocrats and the rest are solely selected because they have met one of two criteria: First, there are those who will not oppose Ethiopia’s interest in Somalia. They are mainly members of the SRRC, an Ethiopia backed faction group. The second group is very interesting and is what I call the “X” factor. They are chosen to provoke an internal struggle among certain groups of the Somali sub-clans. They are mainly from Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia and will undoubtedly be a factor in what happens next. The president, Mr. Yussuf, a man known for his loyalty to his Ethiopian masters, anticipates violence erupting in Mogadishu anytime soon. By not giving any government post to some of the most powerful groups in Mogadishu, he expects, will provoke strong resistance from them. The actions of this group will determine whether the government’s sabotage succeeds or fails. If, however, violence starts, Mr. Yussuf will undoubtedly run back to his Ethiopian handlers to push for an African army to bring ‘peace’ to the poor Somali nation.