South Sudan’s Kiir considering amnesty for inmates, says VP - Article <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article61238#tabs-1> - Comments (7) <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article61238#tabs-2>
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[image: JPEG - 26.1 kb]*South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir, addresses the media in Juba on 2 May 2013 (Photo: Reuters/Paul Banks)* While addressing inmates at Juba Central Prison on Tuesday, Vice President, James Wani Igga says the president’s national dialogue initiative is a program designed to bring real peace in the country. “When the president spoke in parliament to deliver the speech on national dialogue, he asked for forgiveness for any mistakes he may have committed during his time in office,” said the Vice-President. He explained that the peace “vehicle”, embedded in the president’s national dialogue initiative, will also cover prison inmates. “If you are released from here and you go and commit the same mistake that you was brought here in the first place, then it will be unfortunate and you will face your own crime under law without further help,” stressed Igga, amidst cheers from the various inmates. The Vice-President, formerly a speaker of the country’s Parliament, vowed to meet the president and First Vice-President, Gen. Taban Deng Gai to reach a decision regarding the prisoners’ complaints. Igga said although the inmates have been convicted for different offenses, others have been convicted due to “rumor” and “ear say”. He added, “Others [inmates] may have committed a crime without knowing and others may have been brought here by other powerful forces, but all in all, we are reaching out to all the people of South Sudan to embrace peace and close dark chapters of our country’s history and to start the New Year 2017 as the year of peace”. The Vice-President shared some light moments and shook hands with former senior officials from the president’s, who were convicted in June and are now serving life imprisonment at Juba Central prison. A former official from the presidency congratulated the South Sudanese President and his entire leadership in the country for forming the national dialogue initiative that seeks to bring peace. Speaking during the same occasion, a prisoner, only identified as Kaunda, highlighted some of the challenges facing his colleagues. “On behalf of all my colleagues, we want to appeal to our President General Salva Kiir Mayardit to forgive us as we are his children. You cannot kill your child because they have made a mistake, but you should correct them not to make the same mistake again,” he said. Kaunda, however, faulted the country’s judiciary mismanaging cases. “There are people remanded for more than 10 years because the complainants have either forgotten they arrested somebody or no longer interested in the case, but police investigators and prosecutors are still holding such people in prison here,” he stressed. He complained about cases before the Court of Appeal; the nation’s second highest court, saying it does not work in public interest. “People wait for their appeal result between five to 10 years for a case to be concluded. The common jargon in the appeal court is that the first opinion is finished and from there you will never hear of the second and third opinion anymore”, Kaunda said on Tuesday. “Lawyers and family will also forgot you in the process of this long wait,” he added. The Director of Juba prison, Brig. General, Michael Malou Makuach told the inmates that their complaints would be forwarded to relevant authorities. He encouraged inmates to support the president’s dialogue initiative. “Start making peace with yourself, your children, wife and neighbors to achieve peace and attain unity in the country,” said Makuach. Tribal politics done by some politicians is the cause of this war in our country. We must now all unite behind our president through the national dialogue to forgive each other as the president has done it. He may also forgive you in return, you never know,” he stressed. (ST) 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. <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article61238#forum> - 28 December 19:30, by Joyuma John Let this general amnesty not include those of Mayen wol and his group and if they are to be part, then kiir shall be asked to pay back the stolen money by this group from his own pocket. repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=61238&id_forum=359817> - 29 December 01:33, by Gatluak jal Joyuma John, it is some of you allow those idiot to loot the country without accountability. As some people think Machar will be come president of ss but I believe Machar politic is over and we should come together and get ready Mr kiir and elect new president repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=61238&id_forum=359820> - 28 December 19:35, by Maguto Amnesty is not bad but those who slaughtered the economy and those who install corruption will be tried, they have upper hand in this crisis....Mayen Wol and the group most face justice but otherwise, Kiir may announced amnesty because of his relatives in the prison to be release repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=61238&id_forum=359818> - 29 December 04:59, by Dinka-Defender-General President Kiir, you are destroying South Sudan with your kindness and Amnesty especially for those who killed thousands of innocent people. My message to you is that. You need to discharge all inmates you give "Amnesty" from holding public offices or soldiers. Otherwise, the country will experience more messes. repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=61238&id_forum=359822> - 29 December 06:34, by Sir King Amnesty should not include James Gatdet Dak. Otherwise he will again go and make incitement of violence. He needs to denounce violence before he released. repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=61238&id_forum=359823> - 29 December 08:14, by Ayuiu Makuac Lam The amnesty stated by president should be on normal cases! SPLA-IO as commanders in the field shouldn’t be granted amnesty including Riek Machar, and his spokesman James Gatdet Dak, they must be accountable on general mess happened in the country. repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=61238&id_forum=359830> - 29 December 09:03, by Chang Kuony Thanks James Wani Igga for responsed the popular demand of South Sudanese people. The rubber stamps Judiciary/parliament are dysfunctional branches within RSS.If President Omer Beshir could issue anmesty for inmates why not President Salva Kiir Kuethpiny? I wrote an article last week to free all inmates include James Gatdet Dak and others. repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=61238&id_forum=359831> -- 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]. 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