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by Afyare Elmi

For a constitution to be created successfully, the process must be transparent, inclusive and thoroughly debated.

'In order to save the process, Ambassador Mahiga (R) and his stakeholders must listen to the people and wllo the next parliament to debate the content of the revised constitution' [Reuters]
Doha, Qatar - Somalia's transition can be rescued, but only if cooler heads prevail.

Sheikh Bashir Salad, the chairman of the Council of Religious Scholars of Somalia, has issued a statement criticising the content of and the process for legitimising the international community-funded and controlled draft-constitution of Somalia. He has called for openness and transparency in the constitution making process and demanded that Somalia's religious scholars be consulted.

Thursday, 10 May 2012 19:18

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It is election time in many parts of Africa. Advocates will disappear or suddenly die mysteriously or are just murdered.  A recent example is the West African nation of Mali.
An election was scheduled and the incumbent was favored to win.  A faction didn’t like the odds and hired the military to engineer a coup.  Now this peaceful, democratic nation is in turmoil.  Tranquility shifted to chaos in several weeks.