The SYL publicly swore Somalis would never accept renewed Italian rule

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We beseech you, in the name of Justice and Reason, to lend us a sympathetic hearing and to heed to our request for the betterment and progress of the Somali people. We state clearly and emphatically that we do not desire the return to the Italian Government in our country, and we are certain that our people will not acquiesce in Italian return to our soil, in any form or guise whatsoever. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 272