03 0ctober 2013(Mareeg.com) Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon today called on the Jubba region to
be “the symbol of federal success in Somalia.
Opening the three day Reconciliation Conference for Jubba Communities today in
Mogadishu, which brought together all the clans and communities from the Jubba
regions, the Prime Minister said: We are all Somalis, whatever region or clan we come from. The
government’s constitutional mandate is to establish a federal state as the end
goal and that is what we are working towards. It is a complex and difficult process
but something this government will not shy away from, as is evident through the
Addis Ababa agreement and today’s conference. But it will not happen
overnight”.
The Prime Minister committed the government to meeting the Addis Ababa agreement in
full which was also supported by all delegates participating in the reconciliation
conference.
Strong federal states are the future of a stable and united Somalia, the Prime
Minister said:Peace is the most potent weapon, the brave thing to do is to go for an
inclusive, peaceful and stable region. I want the Interim Jubba Administration to
be the stepping stone to a full-fledged Jubbaland federal state and the symbol of
federal success in Somalia.The future new Somalia will be built on strong federalist states under the
banner of a united Somalia.
