Paramount Chief threatens to vacate village over insecurity Thursday, 12 January 2012 09:31 South Sudan >>> .The paramount chief of Twic East County in Jonglei State, Manyok Ajak, has threatened to vacate his village with his people if the central government does not improve the security in the state.
Jonglei has been engulfed in a series of inter-communal clashes in Twic, Bor, Jalle, Akobo, Likuangole and Pibor counties since August last year. "These guns killing us don't belong to civilians, they are for the government. When you disagree in leadership, some of you run away and supply weapons and start killing the people," he said on Wednesday at the welcoming ceremony of the reappointed Commissioner of Twic East County. "If the government is giving anything to the civilians, give us protection, give us protection. If the government does not do anything, we shall take our children to foreign countries like you. We shall leave the country and see if you will continue in that leadership," the chief added. He urged the government to deploy more police officers to the state to deter the inter-tribal killings and start the disarmament process. However the county commissioner, Dau Akooi Jurkuch, down played the threats, saying the paramount chief does not understand the complexity of the security situation on ground. Dau instead blamed the county leaders for failing to contain the clashes since they are closer to the people. "The community is always blaming the commissioner because we are a closer authority to the community. Whatever the need of the community that is not supported by the government, the community immediately start to blame the commissioner because the governor or the president is very far, the commissioner is the target but we accept that, it is their right," said Dau. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" 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/SouthSudanKob?hl=en.
