A LIGHT MSN CHAT BETWEEN TWO PRESIDENTS
Abdi-Noor Haji Mohamed Writer and film-Maker Mogadishu, Somalia

The former Somali president, Dr. Abdulqasim Salaad Hassan tries to have an ice-breaking chat with the current President, Col. Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed through the internet. Col Yusuf has established a temporary base in Jowhar until his government gets relocated to Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia.

Dr. Abdulqasim Salaad Hassan he former Somali president

Abdiqasim says

When I was elected President in Djibouti
I immediately returned home to meet people
Everybody was pleased with my victory
I made a remarkable public address
I vowed to contain insecurity, inflation
I injected hope in despair-ridden souls
I set up a balanced functional government
I put police in the streets of Mogadishu
I established a mechanism to collect tax
I opened roads in congested market alleys
I visited regions and districts. I visited nations
I attended many flag-showing conferences
It is now almost a year since you were elected
What have you done so far?
You are only touring the world
You are just a flying president
Are you not, Mr. president?

Col. Abdullahi Y. Ahmed President of Somalia

Abdullahi Yusuf says
When I won elections in Nairobi
I became the Somali President
I picked the most suitable PM
I started to search for Somali unity
I disregarded tribalism in many ways
Though without tribalism I can not run a state
I preached peace and love
Though war was not ruled out
War is sometimes a necessary evil
Somalia has become a chaotic land
It has grown to the size of a mountain crime
On top of it culprits are dancing
Too old and frail I am
I can't climb mountains at this age
I put disarmament a highest priority issue
I requested AU nations to send troops
I relied on friends who never moved
My plans hit a harsh political obstacle
So I reverted to traveling across the world
Is that not enough until I am relocated?
By the way, my dear friend Abdulqasim
A flying President is better than a Fadhiid president

Abdi-Noor Mohamed
E-mail: [email protected]
Mogadishu, Somalia