Who Should Be a Good Commissioner for Aweil West County?
Aweil West County is located in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State (red)
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By Deng Mangok Ayuel
April 15, 2013 (SSNA) -- When there is political cohesiveness between
the state and the county authorities, a leader in the county may think
he is trusted and act as he wishes, forgetting that when boating in
the canoe as political family, the worried person is the father who
might fear of blames over the crisis if any problem occurs. Who can
make it a good commissioner for Aweil West commissionership? And where
should a person comes from? In greater Gomjuer, Ayat payams only –?! A
foreigner or contract someone from Congo?
The old wise men used to say, "He who lies down with dogs, rises with
fleas". Much as it takes two people to play the game of “chess”, so
does it take two to play “dominoes”? Is it a new thing for the
community of Aweil West County to call for the removal of the
commissioner? That is a habit; it has been there for years. Aweil West
County is not an area where someone may sit and tell youthful tale at
the evening after being appointed as commissioner. It is the only
county in Northern Bahr el-Ghazal State, Aweil whose commissioners
have been easily fired due to administrative problems for number of
years.
In Aweil West County, a commissioner is extremely looked as a stranger
when he/she comes from greater Mariem Payam. But when the commissioner
comes from Ayat, Gomjuer payams, many people celebrate to the elastic
limit of their happiness to welcome him because he/she is the son of
Nyamlel and Marialbaai villages. I am not supporting the bungling
former commissioners who came from greater Mariem payams nor do I want
to blame anyone but urge the community of Aweil West to base their
constructive criticism in support of services delivery and the
development in our county. How many commissioners who have been
removed since 2010? And what changes did former commissioners brought?
Let’s just give rooms to commissioners who are willing to do something
to our people. Let’s think twice. A bad person from Aweil West is its
person forever! No excuses, no market for exchanging your bad boy/girl
with good ones. That is truly invincible.
According to our people, the commissioner is supposed to cooperate
unwillingly, be administratively noiseless or appease some chiefs to
avoid being blackmailed to the state authority even when he has done
nothing wrong or forcefully demand for his removal when having unseen
colours. However, democracy is a deaf. It makes strong people who
don’t have political godfather to be orphans, and makes weak people
stronger through godfatherism. It also reduces academics, wise men
into fools.
Amazingly, individuals’ interest in choosing leaders in Aweil West
community is butchering political cohesiveness among people. If good
number of people is consulted to choose who should come from their
payam for the seat of county commissionership instead of ‘one group’
with the same interest, I hope we should wisely choose someone who has
heart, ability and a will for the entire community of Aweil West.
As a matter of fact, we cannot develop as a county if some people
continue to recommend those ‘they know’ to be appointed to fill
important position in the county because of unbridle fidelity. Is it
safe to say, Aweil West County political or all political appointments
anywhere in the world have had not been based on competence? However,
Hon.Garang Kuac is able and can do something better! Needless to say,
individuals are often selected to fill various important positions
based on their political leanings. Yes, competence is not a criterion
for most political appointments. Suffice it to say, such eccentric
practice routinely initiates mediocrity for the case of commissioners
and other officers.
On Saturday 13, 2013, {Sudan Tribune} reported that the commissioner
of Aweil West County had kicked and hit the prison service officer
after a prisoner escaped when escorting him to the market plus
“abusive power” which deemed calling for his removal by community.
Should commissioner use his hands to account subordinates in the
county? And by the way, if a commissioner was “angry” and tried to
take laws into hands, which measure should a prison service officer
takes to account commissioner instead of community calling for
commissioner’s removal? Enemizing the commissioner is not the
solution, beating an officer is not the solution to problems. I am not
encouraging someone to commit mistakes nor do I wanted to support
someone who committed a mistake. I think the commissioner can easily
solve his problem with prison service officer if he is willing to
account and be accounted responsibly.
How many people who were removed from their positions after beating
people in 2010 election? Did former commissioner of Aweil East County
who was alleged to have had ordered the shooting of an independent
candidate’s supporter appeared in court after summoned? Where is the
soldier who shot the guy? Convicted or above the law? In any society,
there are many ways of solving political and social issues. The former
commissioner was not guilty but ‘thought’ to be guilty because he was
the authority.
However, people of Aweil West County should partially make sure that
the problems are not only with commissioners, but causes are within.
The administrative structures are not set up in an empty space. With a
variety of actors and strategic local government in Aweil, traditional
authority, youth and women’s groups, the government in the county
should be able to play a role in current political dynamic for the
welfare of our people. Let’s stop calling for the removal of
commissioner but join hands to work together as one!
Therefore, describing Mr.Garang Kuac as one of the worst
commissioners, autocratic, nepotistic by an official whose names were
withheld in the Sudan Tribune’s article, shows that local people
within the county authority might have had been contributing to the
failure of the commissioner if anyone regards Hon. Garang Kuac Ariath
as the worst commissioner. Aweil West as county is for us as its
people. We are supposed to cooperative and work with any appointed
commissioner by our governor, lest the state authority will get weary
of our problems.
Deng Mangok Ayuel is the former Office Manager {2008} to Aweil West
County commissioner and lives in Aweil. He can be reached at:
[email protected] This e-mail address is being protected from
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