Justice Cannot Be a Business
Mid ka mid ah dhibaatooyinka ugu waaweyn ee haysta nabadda, horumarka, iyo xasilloonida Somaliland ma aha cadow dibadda ah. Waa burburka nidaamka caddaaladda ee gudaha ka socda.
Waddan ma horumari karo marka maxkamaduhu noqdaan ganacsi, dacwaduhuna noqdaan il dhaqaale, halka caddaalad darradu noqoto wax caadi ah.
Maanta dad badan oo reer Somaliland ah waxay dareemayaan in nidaamka garsoorku aanu ilaalinayn dadka danyarta ah. Dadku waxay arkaan in lacag, xidhiidh, iyo dib-u-dhac joogto ahi ka muhiimsan yihiin xaqa iyo caddaaladda.
Waxa jirta sheeko si fiican u sharxaysa dhibaatadan.
Wiil yar oo garsoore dhalay ayaa jaamacad dhammeeyey kadibna shaqo ka bilaabay maxkamad isagoo ah garsoore cusub. Maalin ayuu aad u faraxsan yahay oo aabihii u yimid isagoo leh:
"Aabo, ma ogtahay? Dacwad 20 sano socotay ayaan hal sano ka yar ku dhammeeyey."
Wuxuu filayey in aabihii ku ammaano.
Laakiin aabihii wuu xanaaqay oo ku yidhi:
"Wiilkaygiiyow, dacwaddaas annaga ayay na soo korisay intii aad yaraa. Lacagteeda ayaan kugu soo barbaariyey, wax ku bartay, kuna quudiyey. Adiguna maanta ayaad leedahay waan dhammeeyey?"
Taasi waa meesha khatarta ahi taallo.
Marka caddaaladdu noqoto ganacsi, musuqmaasuqu wuxuu noqdaa nidaam. Dadkii caadiga ahaa waxay luminayaan rajada. Ganacsatadu kalsoonidii way waayaan. Maalgashadayaashu way baqayaan. Qoysas badan ayaa sannado ku dhammaanaya sugitaan iyo silic.
Mudane Madaxweyne Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, taariikhdu ma xusuusan doonto hadallo badan. Waxay xusuusan doontaa in xukuumaddiinnu ay dhab ahaan u hagaajisay nidaamka caddaaladda iyo in kale.
Dib-u-habayn dhab ahi waxay u baahan tahay:
Waddan xoog leh laguma dhisi karo caddaalad darro joogto noqotay.
Somaliland waxay u baahan tahay maxkamado caddaalad keena — ma aha dib-u-dhac, saamayn, iyo dulmi aamusan.
One of the greatest threats to Somaliland's peace, stability, democracy, and future progress is not external enemies. It is the slow destruction of justice from within.
A nation cannot grow when courts become businesses, when cases become investments, and when justice is delayed until injustice becomes normal.
Today, too many ordinary citizens feel that the legal system no longer protects the weak. Instead, many people believe the system rewards delay, influence, connections, and money. When people lose trust in the courts, they slowly lose trust in the state itself.
There is an old story that perfectly explains this crisis.
A judge's son graduated from university and proudly started working in the court system as a junior judge. One day, excited and proud, he went to his father and said:
"Father, guess what? I solved a case that had been going on for 20 years. I finished it in less than one year."
The young man expected praise.
But instead, his father became angry and replied:
"My son, that case was feeding this family since before you were a child. That case paid for your food, your clothes, and your education. And now you are proudly telling me you solved it?"
This is the dangerous point we have reached as a society.
When justice becomes a source of income instead of a source of truth, corruption becomes institutionalized. Honest citizens become hopeless. Businesses stop trusting the system. Investors stay away. Families suffer for years waiting for decisions. The poor become invisible. And powerful people become untouchable.
Mr. President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, history will not remember speeches. History will remember whether your administration had the courage to reform the justice system.
Real reform means:
No country can become strong while injustice becomes routine.
Somaliland deserves courts that deliver justice — not endless delay, influence, and silent suffering.
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