President Kiir: The West Humiliating African Leaders
The President of South Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit has said that the Western world is humiliating African leaders which he said will not be accepted. 24 May 2013 South Sudan President Salva Kiir (L) with his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta (R) in Nairobi during the presidential inauguration in April 2013. [PPS File] By Misuk Moses Mule JUBA, 24 May 2013 [Gurtong] - He made the statement at the State House on Thursday when hosting the Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta who is indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity. “The Rome statute has never been used for one of their leaders. I think this is used to humiliate African leaders,” he said. The two presidents agreed to push for African solutions to African problems. President Kiir said that they have been asked to sign to the Rome Statute but have refused yet. Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto are both indicted by the ICC for crimes against humanity in relation to the 2007 Kenyan election violence in which over 1000 people were killed. On 15 December 2010, Uhuru Kenyatta was named as a suspect of crimes against humanity by the ICC prosecutor Moreno Ocampo for allegedly planning and funding violence in Naivasha and Nahuru. He has however denied the allegation and wants his name cleared by seeking to exonerate himself. On 8 March 2011, he was indicted after being summoned to appear before the ICC pre-trial chamber. He was to appear at The Hague on 8 April 2011 alongside five other suspects. Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni also criticized the ICC during President Kenyatta’s inauguration ceremony on 9th of April in Nairobi while attending the inauguration ceremony. He was quoted as saying: “I want to salute the Kenyan voters on one issue – the rejection of the blackmail by the (ICC) and those who seek to abuse this institution for their own agenda.” Posted in: Home, Foreign Relations, Governance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oryMCcUL7t3THas5crKgx1ZpPNnN0_BEarQzx1%2B0K2u7A%40mail.gmail.com?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
