The optimism of the international community is not shared by Somalis themselves, who instead look with deep skepticism at a document that they perceive as externally-imposed, faulty and fundamentally undemocratic. 
Matumaini makubwa kwa jamii ya kimataifa hayaeleweki kwa wa-Somali wenyewe, ambao badala yake wanaiangalia rasimu hiyo kwa mashaka makubwa wakiiona kama iliyoandaliwa na wageni, yenye makosa na kimsingi isiyo ya kidemokrasia.