Scare tactics won’t distract SPLM
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By Luk Kuth Dak
May 21, 2011 — I truly believe that by now everybody knows that I’m no
fan of the International Criminal Court ( ICC) most wanted fugitive
and soon-to- be a forlorn, Mr. Omer Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir. Sadly,
it’s only in a country like the Sudan, where a man with so much blood
of his fellow citizens in his hands, could still be called president
of anything much less a nation.
Apparently, Al-Bashir doggedly holds a grudge against the Sudan
People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) and President Kirr in particular,
of course, for liberating the people of South Sudan, and for opening
the eyes of our dear brothers in the West, East, Ingissna Hills and
the Nuba mountains, to the injustices they had endured for decades and
counting. It’s very evident that his regime’s ultimate goal is to
clear the land from the black people, and replace them with Arabs, as
we have seen it already with the uncontrollable influx of Egyptians
and other Arab nationals into our land with hardly and documentations.
In his latest visit to South Kordofan, Al-Bashir was vehemently
blameful of the SPLM – both in the South and the North- for anything
and everything that went wrong in the country!! “ We will fight them
tooth and nail; we will take off our “ jalabia” and the “ khaki” will
return”, he told the audience. So there you have it. The battle lines
have now been drawn with Al-Bashir out front!?
I’m not so sure about that!!
Once again, we have a judgment issue. But Al-Bashir’s threats didn’t
come as a surprise to very many Sudanese on both sides of the country,
especially given that folks are really and truly in replete with his
lies, and no longer engross in his empty rhetorical speeches and
erotic behavior.
Al-Bashir relentless attempts to undermine the South, further its
suffering, and make the separation as sourly and painfully as
possible, the dictator’s regime is currently imposing an unannounced
economical embargo on the South, especially on goods and essential
commodities from the North. However, there is bright spot in all of
this –and that’s Al-Bashir and the band of lunatics, will much sooner
than later learn their lesson the hard way that they are in fact
shooting themselves in the foot, by hurting their own economy, because
South Sudan can fill the gap from the other neighboring nations, like
Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda, which is exactly what the government of
South Sudan (GoSS) is currently pursuing, according to the Regional
Cooperation Minister, Ustaz Deng Alor.
But there’s also this: first off, after July 9th, the North would
desperately need every loose penny there is, to make up for the lost
oil revenue, which will then become solely a Southern property. And at
that time, any discussion about sharing anything will most likely fall
into a deaf ear.
Surly enough, Al-Bashir, through two plus decades, has caused the
South enough tragedies. From the murders of over two million innocents
lives to his now attempts to destabilize the security of the region.
We can’t take that anymore, can we? Therefore, it’s time for the SPLM
to craft a more direct strategy in tackling that problem. Most
importantly, it must bring everybody on the same page as a people and
as a nation. That’s the only way we can dismantle their hateful
agendas.
Finally, I couldn’t disagree with those who are calling for cuts in
the security budget in favor of the development and infrastructure.
Thus, the truth of the matter is: security and development go hand-
in- hand, but without security, development has a zero chance.
The author is the Vice President of the Sudanese Journalist union
(SJU) in the USA, and a former anchorman at Juba Radio. He can be
reached via email at: [email protected].
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