Stop The Crisis In South Sudan "We also call upon the government to bring to justice those who would be found to have caused such a despicable catastrophe to our people." 30 December 2013
Mading Aweil Community in Australia (MAC Australia Inc.) strongly condemns the killings that have been going on in the Republic of South Sudan beginning from 15th of December, 2013 hitherto. As a community, we abhor any political bickering that compromises the lives of our people in the country. South Sudanese have suffered enough in the search for a peaceful destiny. We must not suffer again in the destiny that we attained. The leadership struggle which has been going on between President Salva Kiir Mayardit and former Vice-President, Dr. Riek Machar Teny is a consequence of internal leadership crisis at the SPLM party level. We urge the parties to this crisis; which had led to deaths of our people, to resolve their problems through relevant party mechanisms. Above all, President Kiir and Dr. Riek must exercise restraint and heed the calls for dialogue from South Sudanese people and from international teams currently in the country to help along that line. We South Sudanese are tired of war. It is time for our leaders to deal with their political reforms without dragging the entire country into an abyss. Already, this conflict has taken ethnic dimensions between Dinka and Nuer. We urge President Salva and Dr. Riek to come out clearly to condemn the killers who have used their differences as tribal fall-out between their communities. The two leaders must work towards a just settlement of their differences and eventual reconciliation. We also call upon the government to bring to justice those who would be found to have caused such a despicable catastrophe to our people. MAC Australia would like to urge every citizen of South Sudan to put aside their differences/demands for the time being and work together to bring this killing to speedy end. The ordinary citizens should not take this leadership struggle along tribal lines. Those leaders have different leadership ambitions and we beseech all and sundry to refrain from killing in their names. If you don’t join the fight for their leadership quest now, you will see the difference. There will be no more killings and peace will prevail. May the will of the people of South Sudan triumph. May the year 2014 and beyond be years of peace and happiness. God Bless the Republic of South Sudan. Yours in Struggle, Mr Martin Garang Aher –Chairperson, MAC Australia Inc Mr Gabriel Garang Pioth –General Secretary, MAC Australia I Mr Paulino Garang Ajith –President, Aweil Community in QLD Mr Malong Ngong –President, Aweil Community, in SA Mr Yai Marach Yai –President, Aweil Community in VIC Mr Garang Atem –President, Aweil Community in NSW Mr Deng Deng Mou –President, Aweil Community in WA Posted in: Press Releases -- 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/CAJb14ooFqp%2BXOprmU2C%3DerhCNotv2d-e5La4AKMRFRKTQp8Y%3Dg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
