Mogadishu (PP Editorial) —The peace declaration from the normal leaders of Sool, Sanaag, Cayn and Khaatumo (SSCK) Interim Administration (SSCK) on the scenario in Ceerigaabo district is a well timed instance concerning the position conventional leaders can play in stopping politicians from in search of a political capital from tense political conditions. SSCK conventional leaders have utilized the ideas of peaceable coexistence contained within the Laascaanood Declaration of 6/2/2023, the day Somaliland forces, below the order of Muse Bihi Abdi, the President of Somaliland Administration, started to mercilessly shell town of Laascaanood.
Garaad Abdullahi Garad Saleebaan, who briefly commented on the peace declaration on Ceerigaabo, defined the rationale for sustaining peace in Ceerigaabo. “Even when Somaliland forces had been shelling Laascaanood, now we have by no means referred to as for a battle in Ceerigaabo,” mentioned Garaad Abdullahi in Laascaanood a number of days in the past.
His feedback root the peace declaration within the 1995 Ceerigaabo Peace Settlement that made the executive capital of Sanaag a mannequin for multi-clan peaceable coexistence in Northern Somalia, comparable in peace-making significance to the landmark Gaalkacyo Settlement of 1993.
After the autumn of Goojacadde foxholes on the outskirts of Laascaanood on 25 August 2023, the normal leaders of SSCK resolved to order SSCK forces to not advance to areas inhabited by clans and sub-clans believed to be loyal to the Somaliland Administration. The intervention of SSCK conventional leaders prevented extra bloodshed in Northern Somalia.
The choice by SSCK conventional leaders to consolidate peace in Ceerigaabo is commendable and deserves recognition for peace-making in a area affected by a six-month-long battle. The interim administration of Sool, Sanaag, Cayn, and Khaatumo in Laascaanood has proven dedication to upholding peace and giving a political house to conventional leaders whose peace-making position is bearing fruit in Sool, Sanaag and Togdheer.
A Somali folks story within the guide People Tales from Somalia, translated by Ahmed Artan Hanghe, comprises a riddle formulated by Kabacalaf, a sage: “What’s a person’s bedspread?” (Waa maxay gogol rag?). The reply is: peace (nabad).
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