It was not long before their deeds turned out to be different from their words. It was not even political drama, where whips of the ruling and opposition parties were showcasing their controversial positions over the newly-introduced changes to road taxation. But it was manipulative pretensions designed to squeeze the government into a narrow corner, forcing it to extend its hand under the table. As Somalis say, you cannot massage with dry palms, so the government was too smart to read the signs without words. After sorting things out with the defiant members, it succeeded in getting this tax-increasing bill through parliament.
The floor-crossing of parliamentary teams is not a surprise to the public, as it is to the Waddani party. They saw that their members could not stick together when the question of the road tax was reintroduced to the floor of the chamber. There is no fundamental ideological division or sense of conscience, so we should put up with the behavior of the political chameleons. Against all expectations another picture came into view as the orange colour faded quietly into the Kulmiye background.
Following that approval, the credibility of the representatives turned out to be nothing more than a fading perception. When their hot debate and critics on the increasing rate of road tax proved to be a hollow drama,
It is the dhameel time, when the yes of parliamentary members has a dollar value. It is what the noise and quarrels raging in the House of the Representatives are all about. I do not know whether Abdirahman Irro got jealous of the men who used to share the stage with him or whether putting the deputies on the audience floor was intended to be the first maneuver of his political experiment. If that is the case, he made a big mistake, because only fools start the action at home.
If the whole thing depends on changing the rules of the house, others can do it too. It is too early for Irro to celebrate. While Bashe and his friend want to tell the boss that the game is not over yet., previously defeated members are struggling to get back on their feet. Nothing will satisfy them until the chairman's badge is stripped off. In this regard, the Kulmiye party should help their colleagues step up to the podium..
On the other side, Wadani Party has voiced their apprehension about the prospects of the game. Their big fish is struggling for his political life as the water level is getting lower and the out-letting taps of the pool are switched to the hands of government-backed members. Responding to that threat, Mr. Buba, who thinks himself one of the most active figures in the orange shirts, is now making direct appeal to Silaanyo. With a soft tone, Mr. Buba has chosen the right words to persuade Kulmiye’s Khomeini to stop the backfire of his party. His message was direct,as he singled out Hirsi as the source of the trouble.
I am not sure whether Guurti got fed up with the noisy neighborhood or was afraid of being the victim of this epidemic. They did not show up when Abdirahman Irro was doing what he did to his chairmates. So they better stay away from this pointless hassle and let the other side finish what the Speaker started. They should let the rules decide the results instead of attempting to make compromises outside the formal system.
We, the people, have nothing to fear. Because we have nothing to do with the ongoing squabbles. No one is fighting for us or speaking about the problems we share as a society. With one voice, we should tell them to keep their troubles off the streets.
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