The new Somali Elected Present Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is the first democratically approved president of Somalia. The President told a moving story in both his election campaign and his inaugural ceremony.
During the election campaign, President Hassan told the Parliamentarians if elected he will bring a change to Somalia. While, delivering his speech he went through what took place Somalia in the last twenty years, and how, Somali people suffered at home and abroad. To many who listened to the President's story, it signified his respect for Somali Parliamentarian voters.
Indeed, the President had recalled the difficult
times Somalis went through during those years when, many Somalis died because
of their clan affiliation or perished in the oceans trying to escape the violence
in the country.
He assured Somalis
that given the background that led to past event, he would not let the nation
down as he begins his new tenure. He said : "The day of transformation begins
today. Nobody would be allowed to divide us again".
He further
stated that rebuilding security sector was at the heart of his pillars and transformation
agenda. He reassured the nation that he was committed to providing service for
the population, education for Somali youngsters and jobs for Somalis in the next four years.
He stated that the war against corruption and
Alshabab would be sustained and urged all Somalis to join the war
against this two cancers.
In his inauguration ceremony "This is a new
dawn. We fought for independence; we must now fight for peace and democratization"
he said.
Commenting
on what would be the foreign policy thrust of his new administration, he
stated that the nation would remain committed to peace
with neighboring countries and global peace and continue its role in the (EGAD) and
the African Union.
Some of the prominent Somali intellectuals who
attended the event agreed with the President that with his assumption of
office, the nation had witnessed a new dawn.. He
maintained that the most important thing was that the day had come and it had
been eventually been celebrated adding that he looked forward to change under
the new dispensation. .
He Said: "This is the beginning of a new dawn
and we are happy with it" He commended the President for his speech and
described it as rich and balanced.
A Djiboutian journalist who was a member of
that country's Presidential delegation to the ceremony was also full of
praises for Somalia. He described the swearing-in-ceremony as colorful
and opined that Somali peace and security had matured adding that he had
visited the country two times and seen much progress within this period.
He said: "It is good that peace has taken root
in Somali Capital and other places. Somalis is now on the right path. East Africa
would benefit from it because the rest of the countries look up
to Somalis".
Ali Ahmed Hassan, a development
practitioner who also attended the ceremony was also full of
optimism that President Hassan Shikh Mohamud would take Somali to great heights under his new
administration.
He said he was highly impressed with the
ceremony adding that there was hope that Somalia would take its
rightful place in the comity of nations in no distant time.
Ahmed Abdikariin
a Aid worker but based
in Hargeisa said he travelled to Mogadishu to witness the event as an
individual. In response to a question concerning the prevailing mood in Somaliland
State capital, he said, "the mood in Hargeisa is joyous, as you know Mr.
President is Hargeisa boy"
He continued: "The ceremony is symbolic and
historic because Somalis is beginning to have the peace and democracy we have
been praying for, for a long time."
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