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ANCIS INITIATIVE-PROPOSAL PROMOTING NATIONAL RECONCILIATION PROCESS FOR SOMALIA IMPORTANT POINTS OF THE PROPOSAL THE FUTURE ASSEMBLY SHALL IMMIADETELY UNDERTAKE:

FIRST STEP IS A PREPARATORY PROGRAMM OF COMMON INTENT FOR ALL PARTECIPANTS. THE PROGRAM WILL INTEGRALLY DE ADOPTED BY ALL COMPONENETS OF THE ASSEMBLY;       

- ADOPT COMMON POINTS;

- BASIC POLITICAL PROGRAM AND COLLECTIVE CLEAR ACTION TO BE SIGNED BY ALL PARTECIPANTS. AFTERAWARDS ANY COMPONENT WHO VIOLATES THE SIGNED AGREEMENT WILL BE EXPELLED FROM ALL OTHER PRESENT OR FUTURE NEGOTIATIONS;

- UNDIVISIBILITY OF THE UNITY OF THE SOMALIAN STATE;

- IMMIDIATE ISTITUTION OF A TRANSITIONAL GOVERMENT WHICH UNDERTAKE THE CURRENT FUNCTIONS OF THE NEW SOMALI STATE ON EIGTHEEN MONTHS MAXIMAL PERIOD OF AN AUTOMATIC END AFTER WHICH IT CAN NOT BE REPROPOSED IN ITS INTEGRAL FORM OF TRANSITION

- FORMATION OF A COMMITEE OF SOMALI JUDGES WHICH WILL ELABORATE THE FEDERAL OR CONFEDERAL CONSTITUTION OF SOMALI REPUBLIC AND WILL INDICATE THE TYPE OF TERRITORIAL SEPATION TO BE UNDERTAKEN. THE COMMITEE WILL BE ASSISTED BY COMPETENT SCHOLARS AND COLLEAGUES OF INTERNATIONAL FAME FROM REPUBLICS OF FEDERAL AND CONFEDERAL CONSTITUTIONS;

- CREATION OF METROPOLITAN FEDERAL AREA FOR THE CAPITAL MOGADISHU WHICH WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM ALL OTHER REGIONAL ENTITIES;

- MANTAIN THE CENTRAL GOVERMENT AUTHORITY THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC DEFENCE, FOREIGN POLICY, SECURITY, JUSTICE, INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND SUPERVISION OF TREASURY POLICY AND BUDGET;

- BAN THE USE OF ARM AND ARMED FORCES AGAINST SOMALI POPOLATION;  

PROMPT ACTIONS:

- FALL OF THE TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY HEADED BY ABDIQASSIM SALAD IT IS A RATIONAL ACT OF POLITICAL COURTESY SINCE IT IS CALLED 'TRANSITIONAL'. THIS ACT WILL BE CONSIDERED AS A SIGN OF LOYALITY AND RELIEVE TOWARDS SOMALIAN POPOLATION;

- GUARANTEE PLURALITY AND TOTAL LIBERTY OF THE PARTICIPANTS TO THE FUTURE ASSEMBLY UNTIL A COMPLETE COMMON VIEW OF ALL PARTECIPANTS IS ACHIEVED;

- PERCECUTION AND ARREST OF THE WARLORDS GUNMEN ARMED MILITIA,  ETC;

- IMPLIMENT JUDICIARY SANCTIONS AND SEND TO INTERNATIONAL PROPOSED COURTS LIST OF ALL INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE COMMITTED CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND IDENTIFIED AS SUCH;

- UNILATERAL AND TOTAL DISARMAMENT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF ANYBODY WHO HOLDS WEAPONS;

-  RESTORE THE BASIC CIVIC AND LEGAL ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS;

- REOPEN PORTS AND AIRPORTS;

- RESTORE LEGAL TRAVEL DOCUMENTS;

- REOPEN THE DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS.

THE COMPOSITION OF THE ASSEMBLY.

- MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY WILL BE CHOOSEN WITH ABSOLUTE IMPARTIALITY OR ON SUGGESTION OF THE REPRESENTATIVE GROUPS. AN ESSENTIAL CONDITION IS THE EXCLUSION OF THE ARMED HEADS OR ANY OTHER PERSONS WHO TRY TO USE FORCE TO IMPOSE THEIR OPINIONS UNLESS THEY ARE READY FOR AN AMMEDIATE AND PEACEFUL DISARMAMENT AND CONFINE ARMS TO BARRICADES;

- ARE WILLING TO RENOUNCE VIOLENCE IN IMPOSING THEIR WILLS;

- ADHERE TO THE INITIATIVE WITH CONCRETE CONTRIBUTIONS BY PARTICIPATING THE DISCUSSION OF THE ASSEMBLY;

- ONE REPRESENTATIVE LEGALLY APPOINTED BY FOR EACH FOREIGN COUNTRY OF THE SOMALI DIASPORA 12 PLUS 12 FROM NORTH AMERICA, 12 PLUS 12 FROM EU, 4 PLUS 4 FROM AUSTRALIA AND NEWZELAND, 1 PLUS 1 FOR EACH COUNTRY OF THE ARAB LEAGUE;

- 1 PLUS 1 OF ARAB-SOMALI, ITALIAN SOMALI AND ENGLISH SOMALI COMUNITY. THE SIGN PLUS MEANS A FEMAL PRESENCE IN THE SAME COMUNITY.

- FROM 3 TO 5 REPRESENTATIVE FOR EACH SOMALI REGION. MAYORS OF SOMALI REGION MAIN TOWN, MAYORS OF SOMALI BIG CITIES. UGAS AND BOQOR AND SIMILARS LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THEIR CLANS.

- TWO REPRESENTATIVES GROUP(ONE MALE AND ONE FEMAL) FROM EACH MINORITY CLANS.

- INTELLECTUALS AND FOUNDERING FATHERS OF SOMALI REPUBLIC WITHOUT CONSIDERING THEIR CLAN AFFILIATION WHITOUT VOTES.

-  THE ASSEMBLY  WILL BE THE ORGANS THROUGH WHICH THE DISCUSSIONS WILL TAKE PLACE.

- ONLY REPRESENTATIVE MEMBERS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE ASSEMBLY.

SUMMARY OF THE ANCIS PROPOSAL

CONSENSUAL DECISIONS MUST BE REACHED WITHIN THE 18 MONTHS ALLOWED THE TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT TO FUNCTION. IF ACCORDS ARE REACHED BEFORE THAT THEN PROMPT DATE FOR GENERAL ELECTION MUST BE CALLED WHICH WILL LEAD TO A CLEARLY DEFINED CENTRAL GOVERNMENT WITH COMPLETE FEDERAL FUNCTIONS UNDER DIRECT SUPERVISION OF THE FOLLOWING AUTHORITIES: UNITED NATION,  EU, THE ARAB LEAGUE AND ITALY, UK, FRANCE EX FORMER COLONIALIST OF SOMALI PLUS GERMANY WHO WILL LEAD TO A CLEARLY DEFINED CENTRAL GOVERNMENT WITH FULL FEDERAL DUTIES.

THE TRANSITION

DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD THE PROPOSED GOVERNMENT FOR SUCH FUNCTION WILL ONLY DELEGATED OF THE CURRENT ACTIVITIES AND AS A RESULT HAS TO CATEGORICALLY ABSTAIN FROM INFLUENCE IN THE PARLAMENTARY DEBATES AND DISCUSSIONS. IT IS NOT ALLOWED IN ITS ACTIVITIES TO CREATE ECONOMIC/POLITICAL CONDITIONS THAT MAY AFFECT OR FAVOUR THE DEBATE OF THE ASSEMBLY.

THE TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT

THE TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES MUST INCLUDE:

-         SOMALI PERSONALITIES OF HIGHT ETHICAL MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL VALUE WHO WERE NOT INVOLVED IN THE FIGHTINGS THAT HAVE DEMOLICHED THE COUNTRY;

-         WHO HAVE REAL INTEREST FOR THE DESTINY OF THE COUNTRY;

-         LAWYERS, PERSONS AND PERSONALS WHO DID NOT COMMIT ANY CRIME AGAINST THE POPOLATION;

-         PERSONS WHO REPUDIATE THE USE OF WEAPONS.

LOCATION OF THE ASSEMBLY

THE ASSEMBLY MUST POSSES ABILITY AND WEIGHT SIMILAR TO THAT ADOPTED FOR AFGANISTAN AT BONN WHICH HAS LED A GOVERNMENT IN THAT COUNTRY. SO FAR FOR SOMALIA WE BELIEVE THE ASSEMBLY WILL BE HELD IN ITALY. HOWEVER IT IS EXCLUDED THAT IT WOULD TAKE PLACE IN ANY EAST AFRICAN COUNTRY. WHEN SOLUTION IS REACHED THE ASSEMBLY WILL BE TRANSFERED TO SOMALIA IN ANY CITY CHOOSEN BY THE ASSEMBLY LIKE MOGADISHU, HARGEYSA OR BOSASO. FINANCIAL SECURITY AND LOGISTIC COSTS WILL PROPORTIONALLY BE COVERED BY THE AUTHORITIES INVOLVED IN THE PREPARATION AND THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

WHY ANCIS HAS PROPOSED THIS INITIATIVE?

THE MEMBERS OF OUR ASSOCIATION HAVE ONE SOMALI PARENT. OUR ASSOCIATION IS ENTIRELY FORMED OF ITALIANS CITIZEN WHO HAVE A SOMALI PARENT. THE ANCIS HAS BEEN CRITICIZED OF COMPLETE IMMOBILITY AND OF THE FACT THAT SHE DID NOT COME UP WITH ANY IDEA OR SOLUTION FOR THE SOMALI PROBLEM. OUR PRIVILEGE OF BEING PART OF TWO NATIONS AND AS A RESULT OF THAT UNFARE CRITICISM WE ACQUIRED APPREHENSION AND MATURITY WHICH GAVE US AN IMPELLENT DESIRE TO FORMULATE INITIATIVES. WE HAVE WORKED THIS PROPOSAL AS WE BELIEVE THAT IT HAS A FACTUAL AND CONCRETE SUCCESS WITH A HARD JOB OF ANY PERSON WHO NEED SOMALI NATION AND PEOPLE IN FULL PEACE. IT WILL ALSO ELIMINATE DIPLOMATIC AND VERBAL AMBIGUITY TO INSERT IN THE CONCILIATORY PROCESS PERSONS WHO HAD DESTROIED SOMALIA. OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE NO MAGIC FORMULAS OF SUCCESS WHERE OTHERS HAVE FAILED BUT OUR TRUST OF KNOWING VERY WELL THE SOMALIS WHO LOVE THEIR LAND THEIR CUSTOMS USAGE

LANGUAGE AND KNOWING THEIR THINKING AND ACTING WAYS MAKES OUR PROPOSAL A GENUINE GESTURE WE ARE PUTING UNDER COMPLETE SOMALI AND INTERNATIONAL COMUNITY DISPOSAL. IT IS THE LOWEST GRATITUDE THAT WE OWN OUR TORMENTED NATIVE LAND. WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT TODAY WE THE MAJORITY OF THE SOMALI PEOPLE WANTS TO BE BEARERS OF PEACE AND HARMONY TO THEIR COUNTRY. IN THIS RESPECT THE CONTEMPORARY HISTORY OF THE TWO NATIONS (ITALY AND SOMALIA) IS UNDIVISIBLE IN WELL AND PAIN AND IT IS A NEUTRAL ZONE FOR ALL SOMALI ACTORS SCENE. THE MISTAKES OF THE PAST CAN NOT BE AN ALIBY AND LET DO TO EVENTS FOR ITALIAN GOVERNMENT AND DIPLOMACY. ITALY FOR HIS PAST AND RECENT PRESENCE AND FOR HIS HISTORIC AND COLONIAL KNOWLEDGE HAS A MORAL OBLIGATION TOWARDS SOMALIA AND MUST BRING A TANGIBLE CONTINUOUS AND LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS. THE SOMALIS WHO ARE WELL AWARE OF THIS MUTUAL INTEREST WILL ACCEPT THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT ITALY MEANS FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND THERE ARE NOT REASONS FOR RESENTIMENT FROM SOMALI PEOPLE TOWARDS ITALY AND ITALIAN PEOPLE. THE PROPOSED INITIATIVE WILL REMOVE THE ANOMALY OF THIS 12 YEARS OF ANARCHY BECAUSE IT WILL HAVE THE IMMEDIATE APPROVAL OF THE SOMALI INTELLECTUALS AND GREAT PART OF SOMALI DIASPORA AND WILL PREVANT SIGNED AGREEMENTS.

ANCIS DURING THE PREPARATORY PHASE OF THE PROPOSAL HAS SURVEYED SOMALI DIASPORA THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ASKING THEM IF THEY BELIEVED THE PROPOSAL WAS FACTUAL AND CONCRETE.  WE HAVE RECEIVED AND UNTIL NOW RECEIVING UNANIMOUS CONFIRMATION TO PROCEED WITH THIS PROPOSAL IN ITS INTEGRAL FORM. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE PRESENT PROPOSAL IS IN ITS INITIAL STARTING POINT AND CAN NOT BE SEEN AS A FINAL LANDING STAGE AND THUS IT CAN AND MUST BE IMPROVED. FOR THIS REASON ALL ARE INVITED TO A JOINED WORK AND EFFORT TO REACH THE ASPIRATION. SUBSEQUENTLY THE ANCIS APPEALS TO ALL SOMALIS TO ADHERE TO THE INITIATIVE. BESIDES ANCIS INVITES ALL TO GIVE NECESSARY SUPPORT FOR THE BEGINING OF THE PROPOSAL AND TO USE ALL MATERIAL TECHNICAL AND LOGISTIC MEANS THAT WILL FACILITATE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE ININTIATIVE UNTIL ITS FINAL PHASE.                

ROME JUNE 10 2002

Gianni Mari

ANCIS PRESIDENT