Postby The`Republic » Mon Dec 10, 2012 8:33 am
This is getting boring and repititive.
Federalism is the law of the land. The President is uneasy about it but he has accepted that fact not that I think he, the Prime Minsiter, or Speaker of Parliament can speak against it. It is the basis of the consitution that makes them legitimate.
The issue in question is the process and that is what he spent the whole time talking about.
He spoke at lengths about the rule of law governing the process of forming such stats and what the relationship between Federal States and Federal Government is. Being an ardent supporter and admirer of American federalism, I thought the president was quite legitimate in his views.
He basically said we came from a heavily centralized system of government since 1960 and that is what we are used to, Federalism will have to be designed so we can understand it as a nation and he said that the Parliament should be in carge of this which are all legitimate statements.
p.s. Galmudug is an organized entity, it is not a federal state. It's participation in the consitution making process of the Garowe Principles made it apparent it did not hold the distinction of "federal state" (due of course primarily because it is not two or more states).
