Press Statement of GOSS on the Malakal Incident on 23rd February 2009
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- Created on Thursday, 26 February 2009 13:40
- Written by Carlo James Chol
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Previously, Tangginyang started a fight against the SPLA in Malakal on 26th November 2006 which fitted SPLA against SAF and that caused loss of so many lives and property and he absconded to Khartoum where he continued to work for SAF as a Maj. General. Hitherto, SAF is not willing to hand over Tangginyang to face justice as repeatedly demanded by GOSS.
Tangginyang arrived in Malakal by a plane in the morning of 23rd February. He is understood to have been received in Malakal by SAF Military Intelligence. Subsequently, the Upper Nile State Security Committee convened an emergency meeting and resolved to arrest him if he does not leave Malakal voluntarily. This decision was endorsed by the Governor of Upper Nile State, who is currently in Khartoum.
Maximum efforts were exerted to persuade Tangginyang to leave Malakal since yesterday but were all in vain. This morning the Security Committee decided to arrest him. However, he decided to disobey the authorities and resisted the attempt to arrest him. His forces opened fire against the SPLA and our forces had to return fire and a fight inevitably broke out. Unfortunately, so many civilians were subsequently displaced and some innocent lives were lost, as was the case in 2006. We do not have any information about the exact number of civilian casualties at present. We believe that Tangginyang is being used by SAF as a catalyst to start another civil war in Southern Sudan. Tangginyang shall be held responsible for lost of so many innocent lives and properties.
GOSS also notes with concern that the so-called Petroleum Police clashed with the civilian population in Faloj today, hours after the incident in Malakal. We would like to seize this opportunity to condemn this barbaric act and appeal to our forces to maintain calm and practise self-restraint but to discharge their duty to protect our civilian population; maintain the rule of law; defend the CPA and to pursue the criminals.
We believe such incidents are intended to divert our attention from the real issues facing the Sudan and divide the people of the Sudan at the time we need to unite our efforts to address these thorny issues. GOSS urges SAF to hand over Tangginyang to the authorities of Upper Nile State to face justice. We must stress that any attempt to evacuate or protect Tangginyang and his accomplices will constitute a crime of harbouring and aiding criminals. We appeal to the international community to provide humanitarian assistance to the displaced civilian population in Malakal. Last but not least, we would like to assure the international community that GOSS is strongly committed to protecting the CPA at any cost.
We would like to assure our people in Malakal and Upper Nile State, the people of Southern Sudan and the Sudan at large that the Government of Southern Sudan shall take all the necessary measures to bring the current situation in Malakal to normalcy. GOSS is monitoring the situation closely with the State authorities and the UN and will take further appropriate measures to get the situation completely under control. We will update the public as soon as further information becomes available.
Thank you.
Gabriel Changson Chang
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
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27-02-2009 01:51:53 |Unregistered| okuc ajak
في البداية لا بد من النعبير عن الاسف الشديد للارواح البريئة التي راحت ضحية الاحداث والتعازي لاهاليهم .ان الرسالة التي اراد المؤتمر الوطني ايصاله هي انه حتي وهي فى احلك المواقف بسبب مذكرة اوكامبو فانها ما تزال تمسك بكثير من خيوط اللعبة بالنسبة للاوضاع بجنوب السودان ويريد تذكير اللذين تسول لهم انفسهم بالشماته فيه بانه بامكانه ان يقلب الطاولة راسا علي عقب فوق رؤوس الكل .كان يمكن ان نكون في وضع القوي الذي يملي شروطه علي الاخر واستخدام نفس الاساليب الذي كثيرا ما استخدمه ضدنا.ولكن يبدو اننا اتعس حالا من جماعة المؤتمر الوطني ان هذا الوضع المزري الذي نحن فيه اليوم كجنوبيين ما كان له ان يكون لولا فشلنا الذريع في ادارتنا لانفسنا اذ انشغلنا خلال الاعوام الاربع الماضية في تصفية بعضنا البعض وازاحة العناصر ذوى الخبرة والكفاءة والنزاهة من مناطق صنع القرار وافساح المجال واسعا للعناصر التي اصبحت همهم هي اكتناز الاموال بكل الوسائل الملتوية ما افقدهم التوازن حني اصبحوا يتخبطون يمينا وشمالا في ادارتهم لدفة الامور واليوم فان المحصلة النهائية لهذا الفساد السياسي والمالي والاداري هو ما نراه اليوم من الانفلاتات الامنية الواسعة في جميع انحاء الجنوب اضافة الي الاوضاع الاجتماعية المزرية للمواطنين الخ من جملة البلاوي التي حلت بالجنوب سيظل المؤنمر الوطني يتلاعب بحكومة الجنوب لانها تدرك جيدا بانها اصبحت نمر من ورق وان هذه العنتريةالسياسية التي تصدر بين الحين والاخر من بعض قادته ما هي الا زئير اسد عجوز فقد انيابه وليس بامكانه اصطياد ارنب
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27-02-2009 03:48:07 |Publisher| Wadawang
Why GOSS felt necessary now to issue a press statement,meanwhile GOSS still silent on attack carried out by Dinka SPLA personal aganist Collo civilians? what,s Mr.secreaty, Gabriel chang answer?
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04-03-2009 00:07:49 |Unregistered| Sabit Akwagi Boules
My brothers dont worry about what is going on because they and Jallien are cousien so what you think about their games same Osame no new issues.and let them know when chollo start acting like them then it will be a fun.
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05-03-2009 15:27:33 |Unregistered| mojwok choll
Why would a security committee arrest a criminal?Where is the police or law enforcement agencies?The security committee that decided to arrest Gen.Tanggingany is a war cabinet committee indeed.Is it a duty of a national army like SPLA to arrest criminals and terrorise the innocent civilians ?Malakal town will not be the peaceful again as long as the state governing authorty is dominated by the notorious security committee.
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We are being rule by many ignorants without knowledge to interpretate the languages of thier duties. If most of the governmental officials of what is so call GOSS are not ignorants due to their administration so perilous and poisonous to life of all Southerners, then there is surreptitious plan behind ever incident that occurs in South.
In his speeches, Gabriel Changson Chang stated that, "We CONDEMN this BARBARIC ACT and APPEAL to OUR FORCES to MAINTAIN CALM and PRACTISE SELF-RESTRAINT to PROTECT OUR CIVILIANS and MAINTAIN the RULE of LAW and DENFEND CPA and PURSUE the CRIMINALS."
Upper Nile is left to NPC administration and its governor is from NPC.
Silva Kir is vice president of Sudan president. General Tang is part of SAF.
I would like to list down the following questions.
One: Has GOSS issue legal order to the security force in Upper Nile to act on behalf of attonery general to pursue and arrest the criminals?
Two: Was is not declaration war to dispatch forces to arresst a high ranking office in uniform?
THREE: Silva Kiir is vice president who share preidential office with Bahier. Is Kiir power over Upper Nile security force force that he could not stop Taneg at Khartoum?
Four: Why GOSS is not willing to apply pursuing criminal order against the Aweil people who sold out Abaye and Abeil Aleir and enjoy life with Khartoum and Juba?
FIVE: What is GOSS going to do with high ranking officers of SPLA who ordered a irresponsible arrest against Taneg that cuased lost of civilian lives?
SIX: What is different between Taneg and Dinka militan being use by SPLA in South?
SEVEN: Is it because Taneg is not from Dinka?
My southern fellows, SPLA government (GOSS) has driven South into chaotic state where situation is so volatile.
I strongly believed that life is situation as this requires each man and woman to seek for his/her own way of protection.
This time, GOSS or SPLA government doesnot deserve our loyality or service before we know GOSS stands for sake of people life.
GOSS deserve civil disobedince.