SPLM-DC became a CHOLLO (Shilluk) party not nationalized anymore. BY: Michael Mathiang Ngong, CAIRO, EGYPT
FEB. 28/2011, SSN; While I was recently attending to the English news on the Southern Sudan TV which broadcast all the incidents that are happening across South Sudan and beyond, I abruptly came across the announcement posted by the media on behalf of the SPLM-DC Caucus in which the members of the parliament in the South Sudan Legislative assembly invited all the Chollo community living in Juba to attend the celebration organized by the SPLM-DC leadership to commemorate the victory of the Southern Sudanese people in the referendum for having overwhelmingly voted for Separation. On that same occasion that will be conducted at Nyakuron Cultural center the members of the SPLM-DC shall celebrate the birth of the new nation. This kind of notice has left me wondering and perplexed on the next agenda of the SPLM-DC in the new independence nation. Early on it was predicted that the party's program shall be to shape the country into a better place as preached by the leader of the SPLM-DC, Dr. Lam Akol. This juvenile step taken by the party members to localize their hallucinations and objectives to the point of being for the Shilluk family purely as clarified by the announcement, is going to be very dangerous to the SPLM-DC and its membership, and maybe jeopardize them. My question is this, has the SPLM-DC becomes the party of CHOLLO community only or what? What is the reason for calling the Shilluk community in particular to attend the celebration, something which was supposed to be attended by all the people of South Sudan? I realized right away from the inauguration that this party was not going to last long to serve the interest of every one regardless of his/her ethnicity, religion, region, tribe, section, gender, education background and disability. All I have understood from the leadership of the SPLM-DC was to preach propaganda against SPLM during its formation so that it could gain popularity which it dramatically failed to achieve. Now the same citizens whom the SPLM-DC have promised lack of tribalism in its leadership can not attend the celebration because they are not from Shilluk of Upper Nile. The SPLM-DC has blind-folded the people of Southern Sudan that it has formed a splinter group so as to fight tribalism, provide job opportunities, eradicate corruption and make available transparency in the party system and run the affairs of the nation and to their satisfaction if given a chance by Southerners. Lam Akol has dug his own grave and buried himself in the same pit by altering the agenda that was laid down in their constitution. In order to prove that, the party is not a political party with clear objectives anymore. I would like to highlight some of these incidents for the public to digest. Firstly, the defection of the then SPLM-DC Secretary General Mr. Kisanga, could support my position that this party is no longer a national party. Kisanga had expressed his deep dissatisfaction with the party leadership and more specifically the Chairman of SPLM-DC who turned out to be a real dictator and egocentric, a man who does not take the decision of other people other his own opinion. He is the chairman of the party, Secretary general and the advisor, all these in one person. The former Secretary General had realized that the SPLM-DC was betraying the people of Southern Sudan and this was proven by so many comments that were uttered by Lam Akol. During one of the occasions he said that the separation of South Sudan from the Northern Sudan was going to be a disaster and it meant a call for a Dinka government and that minorities shall not be protected at all, which no one can believe this under any circumstance. Dr. Lam Akol who later on became a close friend to President Bashir because of the being the fiercest tool used to stab the people of South Sudan at their backs shall not get any more support from the wise citizens of Southern Sudan. He is nothing other than being a chairman of another NCP in the south. How can a party with a tribal agenda be given a chance to guide the people of South Sudan to a better future? People of South Sudan are tired of this poor kind of leadership which has nothing to improve the living standards of the people but take away their valued dignity. Secondly, One can tell exactly that the SPLM-DC is a Shilluk party by looking at the support which it had gained during last year's elections and currently most members of the parliament representing SPLM-DC as an opposition party are from that particular area.. I wish to see the SPLM-DC revisiting its constitution and making sure there are norms in place that can accommodate the interess of all people of South Sudan. Southerners need a political party that has a clear agenda in terms of service deliverance and other developmental projects such as construction of better roads, provision of better health and quality education. Above all, provision of clear strategies that can prevent the economy from collapsing at all. The author is a concern citizen studying at Ain Shams University and can be reached at [email protected]. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
