The power-sharing in Somaliland is based on a coalition of main clans. However, the power-sharing and the ratio used are false and do not come from a reliable statistics based on voter registration or a count of the population in each region.

Somaliland No Justice No Power sharing -One Clan Issak

TO:

Hon.Henry Bellingham ,UK MP

Sir,

I am a Somali -Canadian who was born and raised in Western region of Somalia, Awdal Region. Northern Somalia as you know was a British Colony and today it wants to succeed from Somalia. I have been worrying and agonized by Somali people’s unfortunate plight caused upon themselves. I have been watching at the death, hunger, diseases, and civil wars talking place in Somalia. There is some form of peace in Northern Somalia. That peace has come with the consultations among the tribal elders. However, today in Northern Somalia, almost 60% of the population is not happy. Some political dissents are formed in outside Somaliland. These dissenters are from Awdal Region( Awdalstate ), in the far West of Somalia and Eastern part ( SSC ). The reason for these dissents is that the power is grabbed by only one tribe, namely Isaak. This particular tribe consists of about 35% of the population. This tribe was killed and tortured by the Regime of the dictator, Siyad Barre.The Somali National Movement which liberated Somaliland is in power.

I won’t go into details of the history of that part of Somalia which was British Somaliland Protectorate because as long as you are working with the Foreign Office, I am sure you know the present scenario of Somalia. I am reading from the News Media that the UK Government is hosting a conference on Somalia on Feb.23^rd, 2012 in London. I do not know where to send my concerns and solutions for Somalia. There are a lot of stakes to be considered. The number one problem is power-sharing formulas used at the present. The present power-sharing in Southern Somalia and Somaliland is dominated by certain tribes/tribe and that puts other tribes in a minority situation. Today in Northern Somalia 90% of the power is in the hands of Isaak tribe which is 35% of the population in that part of Somalia. I would like to shed light on the power-sharing in Somaliland.

Although Somalia has become a place of tribal enclaves and some parts become a hell on Earth because of civil wars, Somaliland, North Western of Somalia, is a region that the world and the Somali people do not know much about its politics and power grab.

Before 1960, Somaliland was British Somaliland Protectorate. After Independence in 1960, Somaliland has joined the southern part of Somalia which was an Italian Colony. After unification, Somalia was governed by civil and military governments till 1991 after which no central governments has controlled the whole country. The north western part of Somalia, the present Somaliland, has been peaceful and stable under self-declared and unrecognised sovereign state.

The focus of interest of this article is Somaliland. After Bare’s regime was ousted in 1991 by a coalition of clan-based opposition groups, the Somali National Movement (SNM) has severed relations from other groups.SNM and clan elders declared Somaliland as an independent country. Somaliland has been relatively calm and peaceful compared to other parts of the Southern Somalia. The self-proclaimed but unrecognised Government of Somaliland is suffering from lack of fairness in division of power in the Government and in other governmental institutions and this might change the peace in Somaliland.

The power-sharing in Somaliland is based on a coalition of main clans. However, the power-sharing and the ratio used are false and do not come from a reliable statistics based on voter registration or a count of the population in each region. All Government employees, including Government ministries, Supreme Court Justices, General Directors of Government institutions are all hired by the President. The power-sharing in Somaliland is dominated by one tribe in the region. The power has almost exclusively in the hands of that tribe. The other tribes in the region barely have power in the decision making of all Government institutions. The following statistics gathered from the present power-sharing in the country shows the facts and truths about the lopsided powering-sharing:

Government of Somaliland shares of the tribes

Tribes	Ministries/Assistant Ministries	General Directors	Other Institutions & Commissions	Total
Essa	1	0	0	1
Gadabuursi	3 & one Assistant	3	2	8
Harti	3 & one Assistant	4	0	8
Habar Awal	5	6	7	18
Arab	2 & one assistant	3	2	8
Garhajis	4 & 2 assistants	5	7	18
Habar Je’alo	3	3	4	10
Minorities	0	1	2	3
Tolje’alo	0	1	2	3
Ayub	0	2	0	2
Fiqishini	0	0	1	1
Total				75

From the above table, Issaq Clan has an absolute majority of 62 out 75. That is a percent of almost 83%.

This table below also shows the shares each clan gets from the Senate ( House of Elders )

Tribe	Number of Elders in the Senate
Isaaq	52
Gadabuursi	9
Essa	4
Harti	14

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