- Title: [SW Country](Africa News Online). Will Arta Reverse Course or
will it Follow the Camp David Route?
- Posted by/on:[AAJ][Thursday, July 27, 2000 3:35 PM EST]
Will Arta Reverse Course or will it
Follow the Camp David Route
Story Filed: Thursday, July 27, 2000 3:35 PM EST
Washington DC, (Somali Support Committee, July 27, 2000) - After
the Somali State collapsed in 1991, 13 conferences variously hosted or
convened by the US, UN, Ethiopia and Egypt failed to make significant
progress leaving Somalia without
government for nearly a decade.
1998 the Chair of IGAD, former Djibouti president, Mr. Hassan
Gulled Aptidon, asserted that any Somali peace process should be moved
away from faction leaders and warlords. The initiative to hold the
next conference in Djibouti was taken in March - April 1999 when newly
elected Djiboutian president; Mr. Ismail Omar Gelle took over the IGAD
chair.
That was that and now than?
According to the Somali Support Committee's source in Djibouti, the
peace plan was diverted from its original direction in the sense that
it fundamentally undermines the need of federal system as a
governmental form for the re- integration of the Somali people and the
fact that the plan systematically supports clan interests above the
nation's survival and give back the power of the transitional
government to the warlords, collaborators of warlords and former
ministers and generals who put the country where it is now.
Most of the candidates for the high office are the same people who
committed gross human right violations against the people of Somalia,
the same people who presided over the collapse of the Somali economy,
the same people who were responsible under their management to loot
and took all the countries resources and reserve into their private
bank accounts in Europe and North America, the same people who led the
brightest Somali intellectuals to leave the country, the same people
who caused the civil war.
Somali Support Committee will support, work closely and welcomes
all those who sincerely are working the peace processes as the rest of
the Somali's inside and outside the country. But is displeased the
Djibouti's current peace plan. The government of Djibouti strongly
undermines the power of those who oppose the so-called peace
initiative that brings back all the wounds that was healing before
this came up.
Finally, we call upon the leadership of Djibouti government and the
participants to show impartiality towards the peace process and to
give equal respect to all peace participants, and support the
establishment of effective regional administration and the recognition
of regional representatives. And support the election of the
parliament to be based on regional vote not a clan vote. And with all
financial and the economic needs to continue the process are nearly
Zero the SSC predicts if the current peace plan didn't get the
necessary timely jump start the peace process will follow the same
direction to the Camp David one.
Mohamed Abdullahi Founder and Chairman of Somali Support Committee
Somali Support Committee is a Non Governmental Organization created
to help examine the long-term political solutions and economic
initiatives in Somalia.
CONTACT: Mohsar12@msn.com
Credit goes to SPR & SSC working together.
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