Gen. Maslah: What a barnstorming performance!

What we have seen at the Presidential election in Djibouti was the first of its kind. The re-making and the re-defining of Somalia are on the rise. Gen. Maslah Mohamed Siad Barre have achieved a victory that many said might not happen. It’s a dream came true to all peace loving citizens. This is the beginning of a new era. This moment fills me and others around the world, a renewal sense of hope and possibility in what you can do for your country at a moment of need, and what others may achieve in your wake. And at this time of pessimism and uncertainty, suddenly we found a light at the end of this long tunnel. It looks a bright future.
People will always claim that they always saw something special in those who transform the political and cultural landscape. But now I remember some years ago, when I had the opportunity to see him speak, listened to his ideas, and witnessed his courage and vision in a shared hope for a new kind of politics of inclusion. He filled up our senses like a walk in a rain, like a storm in a desert, like mountains in springtime and more like a sleepy blue ocean. I said the days of hope are coming with caution, and I knew that a leader is waiting to step forward one day in the near future. The outcome of the presidential election was an astonishing scenario. Gen Maslah presented a barnstorming performance to shore up his leadership with a well calculated keynote. A great politician and a spiritual leader. Congratulations General. You made it.
Have you seen the tears of the MPs? Yes, everyone was crying for a strong leadership with transparency. Changes in the political leadership were in the hearts of every representative in that election hall. They needed their voices to be heard and very fearful on what might happen next. Maslah’s triumph owes much to the un-relenting struggle of the oppressed people within the parliament against injustice, dehumanisation and exploitations within. Today, our expectations are that, the newly Elected President must transcend us from the divisions of the past to a brighter future, where people will not be judged by their character, ethnicity and social grouping.
Our New President have a splendid opportunity to use this momentous occasion to re-build Somalia’s tattered global image; to heal racial rifts and spread the ideals of tolerance and self-reliance. Oppositions at this stage in politics must manage their frustration and seek an anger management solution. Mps has responsibilities and obligations to have broaden their vision of support for peace, and engage to a wider scope of engagement in order to safeguard the principles of peace within the context of the constitutional agreement and not for the flimsy pretext of ideology and tribalism.
People have endured decades of tremendous agony. Wars were fought under spurious facts and the time has come for Somalia to punch above its weight and sow the seeds of cultural, religious and racial reconciliations among its own people.
A new revolution for peace and prosperity has born.
May god bless.
Best of Luck.
Dr. Mohamed Hassan Ali (Statesman)London, Ukhassanalimhmd@yahoo.co.uk

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