S. Sudan gov’t did not kill the Nuer in December, 2013
Article
Comments (1)
email Email
print Print
pdfSave
separation
increase
decrease
separation
separation
facebook
myspace
twitter
buzzyahoo
By Gordon Buay
January 6, 2014 - I want to dispute the propaganda of the rebels in
North America who are telling lies about the Nuer who died in Juba on
December, 15, 16, 17 and 18.
There are two groups of Nuer who died in December, 2013. The first
group is composed of those who participated in the fight of Riek
Machar to topple a democratically elected President. The second group
is composed of civilians who were killed by looters and criminals.
The Nuer who died as part of the group that wanted to topple the
government should not be mourned because they died in the fighting.
Anybody killed in the process of attempting to topple a democratically
elected President deserved to die. This does not need any debate.
The Nuer civilians killed by looters and criminals in Juba are the
people whose deaths are being investigated by the Government of South
Sudan along with the civilians killed by the White Army and other
criminals allied to the rebels.
President Kiir did not order any soldier to kill civilians in
December, 2013. The allegations brought against the leadership of the
Government of South Sudan are based on lies and concoctions from
anti-peace elements.
It should be recalled that the bodyguards of President Kiir saved 230
Nuer on December, 16, 17 and 18 from criminals and looters in 2013.
The leader of Presidential Guards, Brig. Gen. Akok Noon Akok, saved
more than 200 Nuer during the crisis. It was President Kiir who
ordered his bodyguards to rescue any Nuer in danger during the crisis.
Any accusation against President Kiir is a baloney.
The SPLA court-martialed ten soldiers on December, 15, 2014 for
targeting civilians in December, 2013. The Government of South Sudan
is looking for evidence to bring more looters and criminals to
justice.
I call upon Riek Machar to prosecute those who killed Dinka civilians
in Bor, Akobo, Bentiu, Malakal and Baliet like what the SPLA army did
in December, 2014. Riek Machar should bring the Nuer criminals who
committed crimes in those cities to justice as soon as possible.
TWO THINGS MUST BE MADE CLEAR TO NUER IN THE DIASPORA
There must be a clear distinction between Nuer who support Riek
Machar’s terrorism in the name of avenging their loved ones who died
in 2013, and the Nuer seeking justice without supporting terrorism.
The Nuer who support terrorism as a means to revenge are criminals not
only in South Sudan but also internationally. President Barack Obama,
in January, 2013, rejected any attempt to topple a democratically
elected President of South Sudan.
For the Nuer who are seeking justice without supporting rebellion, we
have an answer for you. The Government of President Kiir is pursuing
two mechanisms of bringing justice.
First, we have domestic courts to bring to justice SPLA soldiers who
targeted the Nuer in 2013 either because of looting or criminal acts.
On December, 15, 2014, the SPLA Army’s justice system court-martialed
ten soldiers to death and life imprisonment.
Second, the Government of South Sudan invited AU Investigation Panel
headed by former Nigerian President to investigate all killings in
South Sudan. That AU investigation is still ongoing.
The Government of South Sudan is the only Government in Africa which
allowed AU external body to investigate crimes committed in its
territory. The reason we did that is to show to the world and Africa
that we have nothing to hide, that is, we are being transparent.
The Nuer who are supporting Riek Machar’s terrorism, in the name of
avenging their loved ones, are criminals like the rebels fighting the
democratically elected government. The only thing we can do, as a
government, is to defend the civilians and their properties from
terrorists who are supporting rebellion.
The author is Ambassador at the South Sudanese ministry of foreign
affairs and regional cooperation.
Comments on the Sudan Tribune website must abide by the following
rules. Contravention of these rules will lead to the user losing their
Sudan Tribune account with immediate effect.
- No inciting violence
- No inappropriate or offensive language
- No racism, tribalism or sectarianism
- No inappropriate or derogatory remarks
- No deviation from the topic of the article
- No advertising, spamming or links
- No incomprehensible comments
Due to the unprecedented amount of racist and offensive language on
the site, Sudan Tribune tries to vet all comments on the site.
There is now also a limit of 400 words per comment. If you want to
express yourself in more detail than this allows, please e-mail your
comment as an article to [email protected]
Kind regards,
The Sudan Tribune editorial team.
7 January 06:52, by Paul Chadrack
your term is ending by next july 9, no legitimacy again after 9
july,the killing of nuers in juba by warab and aweil criminals is well
documented with evidents so no denial here.so singing elections, with
the downing of oil prices is zero,to conduct elections will be a
nightmare, without international community funding it will be useless
to talk about elections.
--
To post to this group, send email to [email protected]
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
[email protected]
Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob
View this message at
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout
---
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].
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob.
To view this discussion on the web visit
https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oo_U29FC3O46Q4ETseh1UvtzweCSOMTOYd3ZG55YPywZQ%40mail.gmail.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
