MANIFESTO

AHLU-SUNAH NATIONAL SALVATION FORCES. 

The A.N.S.F-party was formed on 26th of March 2010 in Galka’ayo Town of Mudug Province. Its formation was necessitated by among other key issues the need to attain peace and stability within Somalia. This has been a long standing and critical situation in Somalia that has been orchestrated by the extremist fanatics who are mercilessly killing Somalis in great numbers. Somali has been deprived of very resourceful people through these heinous killings. Intellectuals, ex-military officers, civil group leaders and other professionals, religious leaders have been systematically and extra judicially slaughtered. The extremist fanatics who have illegally and unlawfully taken over Somalia have entrenched grassroots’ basic education that impacts on the young Somalia children extremist ideologies and as a result they have ended up being suicide killers. After seeing the country’s economic gains being wasted by the extremist groups and applying the proceeds of such gains to terrorist and pirate-related activities. The Transitional National Unity Government of Sheikh Sharif cannot defend itself, let alone defend its people (currently TNUG is protected by African Mission in Somalia-AMISOM) even with the reality that Somalia is thinly populated, was formed. The people comprising of the Ahlu-Sunah Sheiks, intellectuals, civil societies, ex-military officers and other professionals decided that there was an urgent need to form a political party that will serve the urgent needs of the Somali people and their country at large. And after they saw the Fanatic Extremism did not only affect Somalia alone but has spread beyond our borders and a genuine threat to the entire World, It is against this backdrop therefore that Ahlu-Sunah National Salvation Forces was formed and Abdishukri Ali Hersi was elected as its Chairman.

A.N.S.F is founded on these major principles:

i. Equality

ii. Justice

iii. Liberty

iv. Transparency 

v. Unity

vi. Fighting terrorism and piracy

The party has a national outlook with representation cutting across all communities and regions, gender and all ages.

 

VISION AND MISSION

A.N.S.F is dedicated to restoring peace and stability in Somalia and serving its people with great dedication and humility. The major task A.N.S.F intends to accomplish is to fight and eradicate terrorism and piracy from our country. A.N.S.F has a national outlook with strong belief in peace and stability, justice and equality, good governance and democracy and transparency and accountability. Our goal is to establish a prosperous Somalia for the overall benefit of our people.

A.N.S.F’s mission on the other hand is to recreate a new Somalia where good governance and democracy. We aim to establishing a stable government which is both consultative and participatory.     

 

COMMITMENT

A.N.S.F is committed to undertake among other things the following;

i. Ensure that all Somali’s including children, women and all other vulnerable groups are involved in the affairs of the country.

ii. Promoting democratic leadership through good governance of the country.

iii. Eradicate terrorism, piracy, nepotism, tribalism, corruption and all other forms of discrimination

iv. Promote peace, good neighborliness, justice and equity

v. Establishing a stable government that will unify the Somali people from all the regions of our country and preserve sovereignty and territorial integrity of Somalia. 

vi. Promote socio-economic, political development.

vii. Respect, observe and promote fundamental human rights, human freedoms, security of persons, gender equality, rights of women, and freedom of press, liberty, property rights and persons with disabilities.

A.N.S.F stands for a Somali where:

i. All Somali’s are empowered both politically and economically

ii. Every Somali has access to better health services and food.

iii. We are guided by justice and fairness as the core pillars of our society

iv. Promote internal stability and peace throughout

v. Every Somali enjoys his/her fundamental freedoms including security of person and property.

vi. Every Somali enjoys decent housing.

vii. Access to basic education and increased opportunities for academic progression and training.

viii. Empowering Somali’s to engage in meaningful (formal or informal) employment.

ix. Cater for the needs of people living with physical and mental challenges and to encourage their Participation in the affairs of the party and our country at large.

A.N.S.F commits itself to do the following:

CRIME AND INSECURITY.

The current situation in Somalia is characterized by an extrapolated civil war crisis. The Al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam militias and dissident groups are mercilessly killing thousands of people within and beyond our country. They are spreading terror daily to innocent people. The Transitional National Unity Government of Sheikh Sharif is either unwilling or unable to curb crime, insecurity, piracy and terrorism generally. The proliferation of firearms in Somali is a great cause of the insecurity and the crime wave. We believe that each and every citizen has a right to be protected by his/her government. The government of A.N.S.F will be tough on criminals, terrorists and pirates. We shall establish strong and reliable security agencies / organs and police units that will assist fight crime and insecurity and also counter piracy, extra judicial killings and terrorism within and beyond our borders.

We shall improve the budgetary allocation and spending on security matters. We shall educate, train and equip the police force. We shall promote community policing and allow citizens to participate actively in fighting crime. We shall also make the police force answerable and accountable to a higher authority while discharging their duty of maintaining law and order by arresting, trying and sentencing offenders. We pledge to provide the necessary resources for the purchase of modern facilities, training and also bolster the criminal justice system to work expeditiously. We also pledge to legislate strict laws on firearms and ammunitions.

                       EDUCATION

On education, the government of A.N.S.F pledges to provide free education from primary through secondary up to tertiary level. The A.N.S.F government will endeavor to do away with the extremist fanatic teachings and advance quality and meaningful education which are a key tool in human development and the empowering of vulnerable groups. A.N.S.F beliefs that education is a birthright of every child in Somalia. In secondary education the government of A.N.S.F will ensure that there is enough funding so as to reduce the overall burden placed on parents. The government of A.N.S.F will ensure that a meaningful curriculum is developed and the training of teachers is significantly improved. In tertiary education we will endeavor to invest heavily in science, information and communication technologies. A.N.S.F will ensure access to formal education and especially to the marginalized and will also promote adult literacy levels

HEALTH

On health and health facilities we pledge that every pregnant woman will receive free ante-natal check-ups, free and safe maternity delivery in all the government health facilities. Children under the age of 6 years and those with special needs will be attended to free of charge. To the general Somalia populace we shall ensure that very affordable treatment is available to everyone.

RELIGION

On religion we shall protect and endeavor to safeguard Islam and the Islamic teachings generally since this is the stable foundation upon which our country is founded. We shall continue to educate and inculcate into our children the True Islamic teachings from a tender age. The government will safeguard the real and true Islamic teachings by fighting the current fanatic ideological syllabus that is being taught to our current generation, so as to safe guard our next generation from extremism ideology. Islam is a Religion of Peace, respect to all Mankind regardless of their faith and living with them in Harmony. Islam is not a Terrorist Religion as purported by the Extremists who believe in killing all Non Muslims or Non Extremists who are not from their sect. 

AGRICULTURE AND FARMING

In the agricultural and farming sector the government of A.N.S.F will invest in infrastructure. It will invest in roads, railways and airports. All with the sole aim of ensuring that goods, natural resources and agricultural produce can be transported within and outside Somalia easily. The government of A.N.S.F will provide incentives to farmers, fishermen and pastoralists so as to promote the export of their products and livestock generally.

PEACE AND STABILITY

In regard to peace and security/stability the government of A.N.S.F will commit itself to restoring long term peace and stability within Somalia and its neighboring regions. This will be achieved through putting in place measures that will curb terrorism and piracy. For instance the budget will cater for the funds necessary to promoting internal security and curbing banditry. We shall endeavor to work with like-minded states so as to achieve cohesion and social integration.

INFRASTRUCTURE

In relation to infrastructure, the government of A.N.S.F pledges to invest heavily on road networks, construct railway lines, increase the number of airports and enhance and boost power communication and water supply. All these will be measures aimed at creating a competitive Somalia in the world market in terms of encouraging investments. With improved infrastructure we believe that Somalia will be able to boost of its manufacturing, livestock production, fisheries, mineral resources, agriculture, communication, technology and tourism.

WOMEN

A.N.S.F believes in the special position and crucial role of women in our society. We commit that we shall ensure that we fight for their rights and freedoms; we shall ensure that they are protected. Women shall also be assisted in attaining their education and work related goals by giving them incentives so as they can make progress. We shall set up a special micro-financing project so as to achieve this. All pregnant women will receive free and safe maternity delivery and shall be offered free ante-natal health care. Our government pledges that women will form and shall be part of our government and that they shall not be discriminated on the ground of gender when it comes to public appointments. We shall be in the fore front in championing the fight of all forms of violence against women and ensure the judiciary is tough on perpetrators of gender based violence.

 

CULTURE AND HERITAGE.

The government of A.N.S.F will recognize, safeguard and promote the   diverse cultures of our people. Through promoting our culture and heritage we will strive to ensure that our people live in harmony and mutual respect with each other. We shall promote cohesion and so as to make every Somalia citizen feel valued and respected. We intend to set up museums so as to preserve our historical heritage and culture.

THE SERVICES SECTOR.       

In Somalia the services sector only represents a small sector in our country. For our country to have a meaningful socio-economic development the services sector must be harnessed. A.N.S.F promises to boost the services sector to foster a superior economy. A.N.S.F will promote strategies aimed at ensuring we export not only our goods but also the available services. A.N.S.F will initially work on identifying and examining in detail the available services which can be enhanced. The identified services will then be marketed and promoted so as to make them profitable to our country in terms of creating employment opportunities and to help our country earn foreign exchange.

PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF TRADE

At the moment our country is faced with a number of challenges all of which make the promotion and development of trade so hard. As A.N.S.F’s we shall ensure that we create a conducive environment for trade within Somalia. Among the thing we pledge to do include but are not limited to; 

· Ensure the infrastructure is well developed;

· Create modern best taxation  and trade policies and practices;

· Introduce price control measures to certain commodities;

· Address the question of commodity and product shortages;

· Provide incentives to farmers.

· To reverse the Economic power from the Extremists to be invested back to the normal Somali Entrepreneurs.

  

UNEMPLOYMENT 

  The problem of unemployment in Somali has been compounded by the many years of political instability and the civil war, under development and underfunding of our small and medium size enterprises. The problem has further been worsened by the poor infrastructure, poor employment policies. The overall effect of unemployment and the lack of employment opportunities is that a great number of our people are dependant.

 A.N.S.F intends to tackle unemployment by encouraging innovation, providing venture capital, promoting and encouraging self employment and entrepreneurship, empowering our youth and women economically/financially for they form a major part of the Somalia       population. We shall also ensure that we increase literacy levels amongst the populace, grant loans and general financing to women and other special groups. We shall also come up with low costs related to running business e.g. trade licenses, government levies etc 

What A.N.S.F will do to counter unemployment

· Empower youths and adults through employing them;

· Forge partnerships with Small and Medium Enterprises with the purpose of creating sustainable jobs;

· Provide basic employability training for jobless people;

· Foster active labor market policies;

· Transform activities in the informal sector into decent mainstream economic activities;

· Ensure fair tax regimes govern both the employed and unemployed in the informal and the formal sector;

· Provide venture capital that will encourage innovation in Small and Medium Enterprises;

· Encourage fiscal and employment policies focused mainly on interest rates, inflation and taxation;

· Make entrepreneurship more attractive by reducing the red tape involved in terms of policy and legal requirement that are a pre requisite before forming a business;

· Foster and encourage an enterprise culture which rewards and recognizes personal initiatives, enterprise creation, productivity, innovation etc;

· Promote apprenticeship.

By Abdishukri Ali Hersi

Ahlusuna Leader