Jamhuuriya and its readers
have jumped to the wrong conclusion.

Ahmed Ali Aden Birmingham UK

My recent article about Jamuuriya has generated a reaction from 
Jamhuuriya readers who live many different places around the world. While many of them have opted to send their reactions directly to me instead of posting their reply to the Somaliland websites, many others preferred to show their responses publicly and have put their angry articles on various websites.

It is very interesting to see people can have a discussion and debate 
the thorny issues that affecting their lives here in abroad and on the 
ground in Somaliland as well. It also is intriguing, when you see that people cannot sometimes keep their comments and arguments pertinent to the topic, which is under discussion at a particular time.

My article and accusations against Jamhuuriya were valid only at the 
time when Samaters article was on their website, but if his (Samater) 
article was removed from Jamhuuriya’s website by the editors and his future articles are rejected then things are back to normal. If, however, Jamhuuriya resumes to let this mad professor publish his articles on their website my arguments against Jamhuuriya will continue to be valid and the public will continue to compliant about this.

I am not only talking about Jamhuuriya, but whoever accepts the 
professors loathing and the negative information that he distributes to the world is Somaliland enemy. And if Borama News, Awdalnews, Awdalnet or other Somaliland websites and Newspapers accept his hate campaign against Somaliland then they are as well enemies of Somaliland.

Some of my Somaliland brothers have gone over the top and took the 
issue to the websites which accepted and showed my article about Jamhuuriya. They have picked up, for instance, the Awdalnews and castigated it for allowing my article to appear on their website. I am neither a shareholder of Awdalnews nor a reporter of ANN and I do not even honestly know their names and where their base is. The majority of our people have a tendency to rush and make judgements about something that they have not carefully looked at.    As well as on ANN my article was also on SDWO and Somaliland Radio, 
but I found really very confusing why ANN has become the soft target for these people. Was there a hidden rivalry between Jamhuuriya and ANN, and I unknowingly posted my article to them so Jamhuuriya have reacted promptly? Or was Jamhuuriya looking for a reason to attack ANN and my article suddenly became unwittingly the justification for Jamhuuriya’s attack?

My brothers who have replied to my article have refrained from 
criticising other websites who have published my article and they have chosen to target only ANN. Bashing all the websites who have published my opinion about Jamhuuriya would have been fair if they were not looking for an opportunity to attack ANN.  All the Somaliland websites are same for me, but I do not know why my brothers are singling ANN out for criticism.

Awdalnews had nothing to do with my article and it was purely my own view and reaction to what I have seen as a horrendous mistake made by Jamhuuriya. 
Personally, I have nothing against the editors of Jamhuuriya online 
version, but I still as I write this second article believe that the appearance of the Samaters article on Jamhuuriya was a terrible mistake and a heavy blow to their reputation.

Jamhuuriya has stated that they are attacked for being anti-Udub. I 
think this a cheap and infantile argument for someone who does not appreciate for his small blunders and every time people notice and criticise his careless mistakes he quickly jumps to the wrong conclusion.  Since I, in principle, support the Kulmiye party I praise Jamhuuriya for shedding a light on the current governments’ blunders and failed policies and also bravely touching the sensitive issues which the administration always like to keep beyond the reach of the public.

But in this particular case (the Samaters article on their website) 
Jamhuuriya is defending the indefensible position that they have put 
themselves in.  No one’s mistake is escaping from the public eye 
whether they are in the government, the opposition, and the media including all websites, television and newspapers.  I agree with my brothers that there may be enemies within which is working with the Samaters in clandestine operations, but who can dig them up? Is it the public, the government Intelligence Unit or the media? In my view, although they are all responsible for protecting the country I think the media and the government can unearth and locate the whereabouts of the enemy within, but I will leave this question to the public.

Finally, if Somaliland newspapers and websites do not like public 
criticism and do not want complaints against them what do we then expect from the government? Let us keep our attacks and criticisms on bad policies and actions made by whoever holds responsible position but not on names and regions.

IN UNITY WE SUCCEED AND PROSPER
IN DIVISION WE FAIL AND LOSE HOPE

Long live Somaliland

Ahmed Ali Aden
Birmingham
UK

Email: haykali@hotmail.com