Appointments based on Strength and qualifications, said Salva Kiir, but what qualifications?
BY: Maweer Pan, USA AUG. 12/2011, SSN; The statement by the President of The Republic of South Sudan sounds really too good to be true. Electing ministers, cabinet, and other positions of interest based on qualifications would be the ideal thing if the President meant what he stated. But are we fools to fall into that rhetoric or do we know better? The people of south Sudan should not fall for this discerning rhetoric uttered with the intention to divert their thinking from the real problem. Can we let ourselves be fooled to believe what the President stated? I do not think so, but it's worth some patience to actually see if there is a shred of truth in that statement when the new government is formed. I am diametrically going to sound like Dr. Justin Ramba, when he said the new government that is underway to be formed will consist basically of the same faces from the corrupt government that had run the country corruptly for the last 6 years. Who can have divergence view with Dr. Justin Ramba? Without any doubt, the soon-to-be-formed government or already formed government behind closed doors will bring no change to the governing system, leave alone the unimaginable terms incorporated “Appointment-Based-on-Qualifications” inserted by the President himself. We all know it is an obvious lie. If everyone is on the same page with Dr. Justin Ramba and I, and if we are correct, you should see the corrupt minister of finance back in his ministerial position (Deng Athorbei), the Secretary General (Pagan Amum) who has allegedly stolen $30 millions, will retain his position notwithstanding, and the same corruptees that bloated the government of President Salva Kiir will all retain their positions regardless. But the nucleus of the controversial statement of appointing based on qualifications is the lack of well specified meaning of the qualifications itself. What kind of qualifications are we talking about? I am sure it is not academic qualifications because if it is, only few of Kiir’s previous cabinet or ministers will set foot in that parliament again. Because only few of the ministers, legislators, and others have academic qualifications including the President himself; it is almost laughable that the president would think about basing his appointment based on academic qualifications. That would be meant that the President is sacking himself out of the office as he knows very well that he is not qualified academically. This is why it is essential for the President to be more specific when he decides to utter a statement like this confusing one. COMMENTS, PLEASE CLICK HERE Disclaimer: The views expressed above are solely those of the author(s) and do not represent those of the website. -- 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.
