Blood or oil, Pagan should have known better BY: Nul Jacob Mayendit, JUBA
JULY 05/2011, SSN; South Sudan Administration and the SPLM as a ruling party will have cases to resolve in the nearest future which is not so far from now. Personally, when I observe through the national plans, there shall be a hangover after the 9th July, from long-awaited independence, and this might be inform of joblessness, acute shortage of fuel, food crisis, Foreign currencies shortage, less performance of death lobbies around the Presidential palace and office and so many negative activities in the country. Pagan Amum must critically observe current situation in the Country, there are economic related issues that need technical and diplomatic approaches. Unlike the Referendums, maintenance of harmony between South Sudan and the Sudan government is much more important than having an Independent Country with rocky relationships accompanied by suffering by the majority citizens. However, he has began by speculating about his colleagues as an element of lobby, what is wrong with selling oil to Northern counterpart to prevent the would-be bloodshed of innocent citizens both in the Northern Sudan and Southern Sudan? Life is precious and wealth is obtained with time, if the Federal Oil Minister, Dr. Lual Deng, gave away Southern oil without any consent from the President, it becomes an administrative subject of concern between his office, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning in the GOSS and President’s office before it is publicized. Furthermore, there is a protocol to be observed in the Government of Southern Sudan, Pagan is a Minister for Comprehensive Peace Agreement Implementation whereas Dr. Lual Deng is a Sudan Federal Minister for Petroleum. Pagan Amum cannot and will never establish an investigation upon his fellow Federal Minister as he said, "an investigation will soon be launched into this action by the Minister.” How best has this Secretary learnt of the Minister’s action while he is in Addis Ababa Ethiopia and when was this 48% given to Sudan Government, when is the end of July? All these questions remain hanging because the Minister for CPA is responding to a local situation from abroad and he has stepped in the shoes of the Minister for Information and Broadcasting. This oil is not meant for money alone but could be used to buy off risks and other awful intentions that might drag the country into loss of lives and properties, and this is only a political benefit Southern Sudanese citizens shall have benefited from the oil. Whereas Secretary General of SPLM has accused his colleague Federal Minister for Petroleum of betraying SPLM, he has as well blackmailed him as a person, falsely accused him and character assassinated him as well as his President, and this has not ended on Southern Sudan Television but on a global media. What next if Dr. Lual Deng does not qualify for the Ministerial position after July 9th which seems no logic behind the Minister for CPA’s implications? In the SPLM, there is a rule of "Big Brother Africa House” BBA TV. Channel, where inactive participants collude against active members and dispose them off to leave the House during selection. SPLM has few professionals whom their inputs equal to outputs and these few are being fought to leave the house so that the incompetent take over the positions. And every time I watch this channel, it resembles what is happening in this Party. Dr. Lual Deng is a professional and highly experienced with the World Bank, African Development Bank as well as oil marketing and sales, even his Government knows this. However, he is not speculative and not regular with media and maybe most of the fabrications inflicted on him because of this aspect. SPLM has no single oil field but Government and the entire citizens of the would be the Republic of South Sudan respectively. This oil has been sold before by many leaders within the Government of Southern Sudan in bigger percentages exceeding 100% without Comprehensive Peace Agreement within which Southern Sudanese are entitled a share of 50%. The action by the minister was within the interest of the Southern and Northern peace, harmony and economic stability in order to achieve Independence. The Secretary General of SPLM has betrayed his Government, It would be meaningless to have a vast land without people living in it and you call it a Republic of South Sudan. Oil or bloodshed, sold or given away freely could have been fundamental questions Amum should have asked himself before implicating his colleague by releasing his Televised Statement from a five-star Hotel in Addis Ababa. Does he and the team know what Southern Sudanese are going through in Juba to have waited for his snail motion deal with already rich North? South Sudan is a land-locked country with less or no oil refineries for our good crude oil, this compels strategists and planners like the Federal Minister for Petroleum to make flexible move to avoid situations that could be Million Dollar risks by selling the oil to the North so that they permit the Government of South Sudan use their pipeline until the five-star Hotel deal materializes therefore. SPLM must learn how to contain issues that flush disgust to its own image internationally, and even though there is an ulcer within, it should be treated with care because we as citizens of this young nation need to be represented in a democratized system by leaders who are professionally, morally, logically and ethically upright. Remember, generations shall come and go, even oil Wells shall dry up but this Nation will always remain. Nul Jacob Mayendit, the author is based in Juba city and can be reached on [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.
