Isbaheysiga Dib u Xoreynta Soomaaliyeed
التحالف
لإعادة تحرير الصــومــال
Alliance
for Re-Liberation of
Somalia
(A.R.S.) PRESS RELEASE
After
extensive consultations with the Somali people,
supporters throughout the world and the Armed Resistance
on the ground, we the Alliance for Re-Liberation of
Somalia (ARS), wish to state the following:
Somalia’s
sovereignty, territorial integrity, and independence
have been forcibly violating in utter disregard of
international norms.
The Somali
people are enduring foreign aggression, occupation,
aerial bombardment, as well as heinous crimes. These
evil acts designed by some forces to subjugate and force
the Somali people into submission. But these forces have
miserably failed in their unholy mission. The Somali
people have-through the heroic resistance, succeeded in
foiling the strategic objectives of these forces. The
Somali Resistance is winning battle after battle and
continues to gain strength and momentum by the day.
Failing to
subjugate the Somali people, the forces of aggression
are calling now for negotiations with the so-called TFG
at a time when the Ethiopian occupation forces are
stepping up their crimes against the Somali people. At
the same time, the so-called TFG continues its shameless
complicity in the commitment of the crimes against our
people.
Some talks started in Nairobi,
Kenya, on March 2008, culminating in the signing of a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between
some members of ARS and UNPOS in
Nairobi, Kenya. The MOU has secretly been negotiated
without due process of ARS Charter, and illegally
signed.
This MOU illegally committed the ARS to hold
indirect/direct talks through UNPOS with the
so-called TFG on 10th of May 2008 in
Djibouti. These face one indirect talks are currently
underway in Djibouti.
The same
applies to those who are currently conducting indirect
talks with the so-called TFG.
Those who
claim to represent the ARS in these indirect talks have
no authority to do so from the Central Committee of the
ARS. These people have no mandate to negotiate on behalf
of the Alliance or commit us to any obligation.
According the
provisions of our charter, any major policy decisions
must first be proposed by the Executive Committee,
endorsed by the Standing Committee and finally be
approved by the Central Committee.
By
disregarding the Charter, as well as, the competent
democratic decision making organs and its leaders of
our Alliance, those who claim to represent the ARS
illegally in the current Indirect Talks in Djibouti have
willfully violated the main principles of our Charter,
the ARS Political Program as well as the internal Rules
and Regulations of the ARS.
Thus, whatever they sign such people claiming to
represent ARS anywhere and in the future are illegal and
not binding on the ARS.
The ARS will
not be party to the failed experiences of the past 17
years of 15 failed reconciliation conferences. These
false starts not only failed to resolve this conflict
but also further complicated the situation.
We reaffirm
our position not to negotiate with TFG until the
immediate, full and unconditional withdrawal of the
Ethiopian occupation forces from Somalia is realized.
The Alliance
maintains its position, and concern on foreign
peacekeepers without knowing their clear mandate and
will not accept any peacekeepers on Somali soil without
the express consent of the whole Somali people.
The Somali
people will continue to intensify the resistance against
the Ethiopian Regime occupation, which is getting weaker
by the days. The ARS, it has promised to the Somali
people, will remain the vanguard of the Somali people’s
struggle to end Ethiopian occupation and reconstitute
the Somali state.
We reaffirm
our readiness to talk with International Community in
order to reach a genuine and final peace in Somalia.
We reaffirm
our readiness to engage the international community and
call upon them to condemn the illegal occupation of our
country by Ethiopia. We reiterate our calls for the
condemnation of the heinous war crimes committed by
Ethiopia against our people and urge the international
community to investigate these war crimes with the view
of bringing the perpetrators to justice.
We, further
strongly urge the international community to provide
urgent and adequate humanitarian assistance to the
millions of Somalis displaced by the occupation of
Ethiopian TPLF Regime force more than a year and half.
The ARS
reiterates its principal position and demands:
¨The
full, immediate, and unconditional withdrawal of
Ethiopian Troops from Somali soil;
¨That
no foreign troops be deployed in Somalia without the
consent of the Somali people;
¨
That the perpetrators of war crimes
be brought to justice;
¨That
the Ethiopian Regime pays war reparations;
¨In
addition, that the International Community provides
urgent, and immediate adequate assistance to the
displaced and needy people of Somalia, victims of the
Ethiopian occupation and aggression.
Asmara, Eritrea on 13th -14th
May, 2008
Warbixin iyo Sawiro furitaanka Wada hadalada akhriso
