Despite growing popularity of the opposition ahead of Somaliland presidential elections on November 13, the nation’s president Musa Bihi Abdi has called on the citizens to elect a dependable person with unwavering ideals and resolute leadership prowess as concerns the nationhood of the country.
The Head of State gave the advice as he addressed the 13th batch graduation ceremony of 214 students at the Civil Service Institute where he urged the populaces to make sure that they made their choices well with the nation in mind when they go to the polls on the 13th of November this year.
He pointed out that the populaces should use the opportunity to express and solidify further the resolve of nationalism as per the people’s aspirations and determination and commitment to the cause and existence of Somaliland as a nation.
He said, “Today, we are in the election season, which is only a few weeks away, I am asking the people of Somaliland to cast their votes in a manner that would depict the people’s resolve on our solidarity and nationhood and illustrate once more to the world of our essence as a sovereign nation”, and added, “and you should elect a dependable person who has an unwavering ideals and resolute leadership prowess as concerns the nationhood of the country”.
The President emphasized that the quality of the leader at the helm of the nation needed is one whose integrity is beyond reproach hence would never compromise the enshrined national aspirations.
He expressed his surprise that when he gave an interview to an international Arabic media television earlier in the week he was asked thrice whether Somalilanders were wholly united in their resolve on sovereignty.
He noted that the interviewing journalist was intent on casting aspersions that there were Somalilanders who wanted reunification with Somalia, a fact he vehemently denied; given that the resoluteness of the people that hitherto emanated not only from their struggles alone but it is embedded in the constitution following a national referendum.
The President observed that even as he answered the reporter with acts and reminded him that he had made the fact clear, the reporter did still astutely not comprehend the fact making him wonder what was amiss.
It is under the circumstances that the President urged the populaces to wisely go to the ballots with their minds set on a choice that would be dependable as far as leadership is concerned.
He reminded the nation that as far as the recent history of the country was concerned, it was vividly very clear that the country re-asserted its independence first earned from the British Empire in 1960 by dissolving the ill-fated union with the Italian Somali state of Mogadishu.
He reiterated the fact that Somalilanders are solidly united in their resolve as per the national aspirations and are guided singly by and with the national constitution, cherishing the freedom of determination prevalent today in the country.
Bihi spoke as opposition mounted an onslaught against his leadership with the WADDANI party candidate Abdirahman Irro growing in popularity.
Most Somaliland citizens have grown discontent with Bihi’s government which they accuse of failing to grow the economy of the country.
The president who will vie on Kulmiye party ticket will face of with WADDANI’s Irro.
