Dinka Elders call for homegrown dialogue within SPLM leadership
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President Salva Kiir Kiir with members of the Dinka (JIENG) Council of
Elders in March 2015 (Photo Moses Lomayat)
April 29, 2017 (JUBA) - The Jieng (Dinka) Council of elders, a body of
self-appointed intellectuals who are seen as an informal advisory
group to President Salva Kiir, has called for a homegrown dialogue
within the leadership of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement
(SPLM), saying external initiatives have failed to address the root
causes of the conflict in the country.
A prominent member of the group, Aldo Ajou Deng Akuei, argued in a
widely circulated opinion article, that a viable option for addressing
the crisis the country was grappling to address, was lack of political
will from among the leadership of the governing party to sit together
and hold frank and honest dialogue to thrust out grievances in an open
and threat free forum.
“The only option available to us is to make our own peace among
ourselves. The precedence set by Dr John Garang de Mabior could guide
us to peaceful resolution of this foolhardy conflict”, said Akuei
He cited previous initiatives taken by late John Garang de Mabior, the
founding leader of the SPLM, who after a disagreement in 1983 at the
inception of the movement with some leaders in Anyanya two, managed to
reconcile the SPLM with Anyanya two in 1987 and unified the forces.
“Dr John, alone, without mediators, brought Drs Riek and Lam Akol back
to the SPLM and reinstated them back to the top leadership in 2002.
When Dr John and General Salva administratively disagreed in 2004, the
whole SPLM/SPLA leaders brought them to Rumbek and were happily
reconciled. That saved the Movement, the people South Sudan and the
Comprehensive Peace Agreement, CPA, which gave us our freedom and
independence. We can do the same,” wrote Akuei.
The official suggested that president Salva Kiir should the same way
late John Garang managed to reconcile and brought back all factions
and leaders with whom he did not share the same views.
“Similarly, we can bring General Salva Kiir Mayardit, General Wani
Igga, General Daniel Awet Akot, General Kuol Manyang, General (Molana)
Nhial Deng Nhial and their supporters in the Mother SPLM and on the
other side, invite Dr Riek Machar Teny, Taban Deng Gai. Pagan Amuom,
Deng Alor, Mama Rebecca Nyandeng and their SPLM IO and SPLM FDs”, he
added in an article released on April 28, 2017.
He continued: “Like Dr John, you ought to reconcile these groups and,
I am sure, the war shall be over. This war, by its present form, is
political, not tribal by any standards”.
He denied his group played any role in fermenting the conflict, saying
claims associating his group to the conflict were an attempt to find
an escape goat from the reality of the root causes of the conflict.
“The nonsense and empty noise against the Jieng Council of Elders is
only a lesson learned from the Cold War (1917-1989) disinformation
syndrome and, maybe, only maybe, those scholars who might have read
the book: “The Animal Farm” by George Orwel 1984, could be aware of
the vicious-fictitious stories of the twentieth century”, he wrote.
(ST)
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The Sudan Tribune editorial team.
30 April 07:00, by Garang Akeen Tong
SIR ALDO, ITS Well said, our SPLM party leaders should be blame on
these mess, you do jeopardise our belove wellknow mainstream party,
our leaders you still have opportunities to reunite our people,
recouncil our people.
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