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 By Deng T. Liem
Per Sudan general election campaign has begun on February 13, 2010 the SPLM minority cliques throughout the globe are disseminating fabricating excuses and toothless threats for trying to galvanize vast supporting among people of south irrespective of political affiliation to vote for SPLM presidential Candidate Salva Kir.
By describing him as sorrow incompetent leader who failed to rule the south for the last five years, but with no choices to leave with, the people of south must take deep breaths and forgive his dreadful incompetence and rally behind him as we are yet reaching our final destination. This above statement is what I call fabricating excuses on one hand and should Dr. Lam secures enough to campaign in the south on other hand is what I call toothless threats. As they are baselessly accusing SPLM-DC as NCP agent and anti-independence south in which none of these fabricating allegations is materialized as one of the SPLM-DC business.
Therefore, Dr. Lam Akol SPLM-DC Chairman and GoSS hopeful presidential candidate who is articulated competent leader and trusting son of south to lead the south to it final destination must need to step down from contesting GoSS presidency post against Lt. Gen Salva Kir. Arguing that, Dr. Lam Akol candidacy will divide the south to its worst standard without hesitation. And that division will diminish our chances to win CPA of (2005) against the north. This proving that, the SPLM minority cliques are using fabricating excuses for paving it way to an endless ruling, schisms and corruptions in the south.
The fundamental question is why would the Candidacy of Dr. Lam Akol who has never involved in all these unprecedentedly ill-corruptions, schisms and widespread insecurities in the south Sudan and forefront in a fight for rights to self-determination for people of South Sudan will divide the south and not controversial President Salva Kir candidacy? That surely will add enough devastations to south's current fathomless occurrences, the people of south have been experiencing from President Salva Kir's hoax leadership for the last five years. While, the people of south Sudan are daring to install fresh administration free from undemocratic ruling and corruptions come May of 2010 to rebuild trusts and respects among ourselves to make future pending vital reconciliations functional once again.
In the whole world, democracy is about equal representations, free speeches and freedom of expressions to ease affirmative national debates to find compelling common grounds for citizens to govern themselves in good manners. The dark side of these fabricating excuses and accusations by the SPLM minority cliques which may obligate the people of south Sudan to vote for sole presidential candidate on ballot are gross violations of the democratic practices in the south. It will be unprecedented for the people of south Sudan to go to the polls in April Elections voting for solely presidential candidate on ballot. For us to be proud of our new democratic way of life in the south is whenever we have to go to the polls to vote, we have to vote for more than one candidate on ballot for sole position. That would be the pure democratic system we need in our young south Sudan nation.
Undermining democratic transformation in south Sudan must be aggregately mistaken the south has never committed. Voting for only one candidate on ballot is not democracy, but monarchy system that is only embracing by authoritarian leaderships somewhere in the world; however, the South cannot opt to adopt such undemocratic practices since we fought to have democratic system for quiet long time. The idea of solely candidacy that SPLM minority cliques are seriously pushed to work is opting only for monarchy practices that contrary to merit objectives the SPLM had fought about for more than two decades in the bush.
The following paragraphs are forging reasons, why I think SPLM minority cliques are widely disseminating fabricating excuses and accusations to obligate the people of south to vote only for sole GoSS presidential candidate on ballot come April election.
First, the main reason for fabricating excuses lead to above question is that the SPLM loses supporting among people of south Sudan currently on the grounds due to fathomless corruptions, widespread insecurities throughout semi-autonomous region and bitter schisms instigated by tribal practices. Secondly, the long-path of communism ideology allows SPLM minority cliques to resist pure, civilize, fair and balance appropriate public debates among indigenous people of south Sudan to find prestigious loopholes suit best for inclusive economy, security and retirements of bitter schisms in South Sudan. Thirdly, SPLM minority cliques prematurely use fabricating excuses as bedrock tactical to scaremonger southerners that multiple parties system and unequivocal democratic practices are odds with semi-autonomous government; nonetheless, these would ruin our chances for independence south Sudan and etc come 2011 referendum.
The above blatant misleading claims illustrating political obstacle SPLM minority cliques are facing at this crucial moment. They advocate fears among people of south for trying to dig out themselves in deepening holes, they dag themselves in for five year. While, it seemed that it is too late for them to survive these political malfunctioning upsetting entire population of the south with exception of few minority cliques who are disseminating fabricating excuses and lies among people of south Sudan. Adding to overall old-fashioned fabrication SPLM minority cliques are wrongly inflicted on coalition of South Political Alliances Parties and portrayed it to be agent of its osteoporosis National Congress Party (NCP). That the coalition was rightly disputed as political motivated fabrications against it due to fact that the coalition has never posed any political marriage with National Congress Party (NCP). In this case, it deemed necessary that the SPLM is sole impediment against peace and reconciliations among southerners whom aiming and worrying are for prevailing of self-determination referendum in 2011.
Hon. Yasir Saeed Arman is the first worst among these controversial minority cliques of SPLM unionists whom political aims are for Hon. Yasir Saeed Arman to win Sudan presidential election and find necessary loopholes to advocate the importance of united secular Sudan to the suffering people of south that is not longer the case for southerners at this moment. The current Internet Polls Survey conducted by sudantribune site started on Sunday February 14, 2010 shows the Independence south leads over unity with north 83.3% to 16.5% among 5314 participants. The polls will remain open throughout the week and we can see whatever changes may take places daily. The fair question is this, who is going to vote for Candidate Hon. Yasir Saeed Arman in northern Sudan? Based on appropriate perspective, this is another monstrous political blunder of the SPLM to nominate Hon. Yasir Saeed Arman as its presidential candidate compared to poor SPLM candidates selections that caused multiplicity of Independence candidates with in the SPLM.
According to the same sudantribune polls survey, the people of south are highly indicated that they will not waste time, money and energy to vote for Hon. Yasir Saeed Arman who his political aspiration contrary to theirs. The people of south are barely differentiating the different between Hon. Yasir Saeed Arman and embattled President Oman Al-Basher. Both men are Arabs bigotries and unionists. The mild different between the two men blackmailed the south public is fact that Hon. Yasir Saeed Arman was deprived by his political guilt in the north and joined the south liberation movement since SPLM/A was initially fought for the liberation of free and fair united Sudan, while, onslaught President Al-Basher and his likes were busy in Sudanese Capital slaughtered and looted the country natural resources to keep up with unprofessional work against marginalized Sudanese. Endured bush life along with Hon. Yasir Saeed Arman will not be the case for him after he gets elected president. This describing as wolf is walking in cheap clothing. The mild bigotry will return into dreadful bigotry like his likes when his dream becomes reality.
If SPLM SG Hon. Pagan Amum Okiech was being able to hire a firm and conducted the polls survey in south Sudan before Hon.Yasir Saeed Arman nomination was finalized by National Election Commission (NEC) and asked random sample, if they were aware of Hon. Yasir Saeed Arman and his likes were being SPLM/A commanders during liberation and only if they were aware of that fact. Ninety nine percents of that sample would response negatively to that polls question and absolutely said no, but fewer politicians among us would response positively to that. Hence, Hon. Yasir Saeed Arman nomination for SPLM presidential ticket would have been reconsidered.
With no doubts, the SPLM unity advocators have already missed their appropriately chances to rule New Sudan six months after April Elections due to fact that Hon. Yasir Saeed Arman will lose April 11, 2010 election. With no blaming, the people of South Sudan are definitely hesitating to vote for new SPLM Arab president who the West Peace Brokers will use as strong reason against south to secede after successful 2011 referendum. Since, the SPLM has a perpetual dream in its whole lifetime to create sole New Sudan where everything would be possible for all it citizens. I will not blame the people of south for their wise decision not to vote for Hon. Yasir Saeed Arman for two reasons. First, the West Peace Brokers will not differentiate the different between south and north SPLM political objectives, which will make it difficult for south to secede in 2011. Second, the people of south will stick with President Al-Bashir who had shown them altruism to sign CPA of (2005) with the south. That has given south six years interim period to rule herself and later vote to secede after 2011 referendum.
It's worth saying that, the virtue majority of the SPLM-DC supporters and sympathizers are much more separatists than the SPLM minority cliques who are daily contradicting with factual facts engulfing the south interests. Therefore, the SPLM has been discovering under cover-up of misleading campaigning that contrary to fundamental rights and interests of the south.
There are disintegrators minority cliques of SPLM who have been continuously asking bogus question, why the SPLM-DC only run for GoSS presidency and not for national presidential ticket? The fundamental answer to this question is this, the SPLM-DC is placed to rescue south from inevitable extinction under cripple leadership of SPLM Chairman President Salva Kir. Hence, the SPLM-DC would waste no time to lead the whole Sudan when it is no longer the case for the people of the south. The worth acquiring tasks from genuine leader in the south is for him/her to work for the welfares of the south. The flips-flopping, bickering and status quo are not way forward to build helm south Sudan country, but firm listening to one another in utmost good faiths, cooperation and the rules of laws will do it for us.
Back to the topic in questions, for the SPLM to win handily in April Elections, it needs to avoid strong challengers contesting against it unpopular candidates, especially in the south and those strong challengers are appeared to be SPLM-DC and Independence Party (IP). The fears for SPLM to lose April elections have echoed since launching of SPLM-DC on June 6, 2009. The mysterious fears currently grow even stronger in the aftermath of the SPLM poor candidates selections that created popular Independence party (IP) contestants candidates against unpopular SPLM Candidates.
The SPLM SG Hon. Pagan Amum Okiech has conceded that there were serious irregularities occurred in nominations process for trying to calm down popular Independence candidates to step aside from contesting elections against their unpopular colleagues SPLM Candidates. That turned out not the case from popular Independence Candidates who vowed not to step down, instead they were asking for SG Hon. Pagan Amum Okiech to step down as SPLM SG for sake of party unity. The SG Hon. Pagan Amum has also accepted calls to resign, but demanded the Independence candidates to step aside before he would take that measure to step down as party Secretary General (SG) claimed party unity. The unbearable dispute still not resolved between SG Pagan Amum and Independence candidates. Eventually, the Political Bureau (PB), the highest office of SPLM has expelled Independence candidates from party memberships saying that they have dismissed themselves from the party by not complied with party nomination process. Therefore, emerging of SPLM-DC and fractures in SPLM ignited by poor candidatures selections process are driving it minority cliques even more crazies than ever.
The answer to previous statement above as was, should Dr. Lam must step down, absolutely no. The SPLM-DC Chairman Dr. Lam Akol and GoSS hopeful presidential candidate is not going to step down from contesting against Lt. Gen President Salva Kir because the south is in serious need for an urgency fresh leadership that will recuperate it from major extinction. The SPLM has failed to govern itself as party. How come it will enable to govern the whole south at that crucial moment when genuine need for sincerely leadership to lead us to final destination is overwhelming? President Salva Kir and his minority cliques have tried their capacities to govern the south, but horribly failed to manage the south affairs due to corrupt mentalities. Today, it is a high time for the people of south to vote in office competent leader like Dr. Lam Akol to govern our south affairs with self-discipline and integrity thereafter April election. Meanwhile, we will, however, vote out incompetent leaders like President Salva Kir and his likes who have miserably failed to govern and send them back to Gogrial and elsewhere they belong.
It would have been unwise decision from Hon. Dr. Lam Akol, if he would have been dragged out from contesting for GoSS presidency due to fabricating excuses and toothless threats mourning daily by SPLM minority cliques when the south is dying for need of superb leadership to rescue it from disarraying. Dr. Lam Akol is only stronger and brilliant leader has left to lead us after Late Hero Dr. John Garang De Mabior laid to rest in the aftermath of Helicopter crashed in July 2005 twenty one days after he became First Vice President of Sudan and president of semi-autonomous government of South Sudan (GoSS). Dr. Lam Akol has been proved by all Sudanese citizens as only southerner who would standstill north's old bigotries whose political aspirations have been slaying the south to it last worst standard today. Dr. Lam Akol is well educated southerner likes Dr. John Garang and Dr. Riek Machar who had endured bush life to liberate south from north oppressors. With no doubts, Dr. Lam Akol will stand to take thoroughly negotiations on behalf of southerners to north oppressors and would not be just rhetoric as done by President Kir administration.
Based on Dr. Lam Akol phone interview with "Editor of SSN" published by (southsudannation website on February 14, 2010), Dr. Lam Akol has strongly unveiled his sincerely arguments toward both NCP and the SPLM for shying away from discussing post-referendum issues for the people of South to understand its implications. Due to his relevant stands on important issues, I understand very well that only Dr. Lam Akol will take serious discussions, if elected GoSS president, to President Al-Bashir or whoever won April national presidential election and discussing all the implications of CPA ranging from south-north borders demarcations all away through south-south borders demarcations. This wills standstill perpetual feuds between south states and inter-sectional feuds among south tribes instigated by land snatching and properties garnishing. Dr. Lam Akol would sufficiently educate the people of south to know their rights when it comes to self-determination issue. Unlike President Salva Kir and his current GoSS administration has barely done nothing to educate the people of south, but fooling us to vote for Hon. Yasir Arman for national presidential ticket that will jeopardy our rights to Self-determination to secede as gate way for us to secede after 2011 referendum.
Finally, we, the people of south are not foolish enough to derail our golden chances by voting for the same old status quo that corrupted our semi-autonomous government. It's worth mentioning that, the people of South will instead votes in office fresh leadership that will heal south from imminent extinction. Dr. Lam Akol is only one candidate in this race who promised to taking care our martyrs' families and wounded heroes whom GoSS under slacking leadership of SPLM has omitted. When Dr. Lam Akol gets elected and sworn in GoSS president, he will form unity government comprised of all south political parties and equal representations from all walks of life in south will be inevitable.
Dr. Lam Akol vowed to establish peace and stability to end perpetual ongoing tribal conflicts in south and pledged to pay SPLA arms their full share of salaries regularly. In fact, the majority of experienced SPLA fighters hailed from bush shrunk away from serving in SPLA to taking cares for their families because the administration of President Salva Kir has not paid them yet their full shares of salaries regularly "as pay as you go method" to feed their children. Meanwhile, their colleagues whom are serving as officials with GoSS have taken their children abroad to get healthy diets and substantial educations.
Lastly, our votes are opting for choosing competent leader who can get the job done when sworn in after election. Diverting next beautiful five years into gloomiest last five years would be grave mistaken. The people of south Sudan will test their tougher choices in first time ever to choose our president who will only work to serve our vital interests and needs for ourselves, our children and generations to come. Hence, our votes are smarter, sharper, and healthier than corruption, nepotism, schism and favoritism. Tribalism doomed to end and United South Sudan Nation moving forward.
The author is political activist living in the Unites States. He Holds BS in Business Economics. He is reachable @
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