Formation of SPLM-DC is real poison thorn in the SPLM party

By Daniel Amum Odwel

Political life was a bit conducive for SPLM Political Bureau because they were only wagging media war with their CPA partner NCP, but the formation of new party open another front-line which SPLM party need to engage if they want to remain super power in the Sudan.

 

Public opinions about this development are obscure and obsession. Therefore, they may need explanations from both SPLM and new formed party the reasons that lead to ''Break away''. Although the leader of SPLM-DC, Dr. Lam Akol reiterated that the main reason that let him to form new party was lack of clear vision, lack of good governance and marginalization of patriots' members of SPLM, and he accused some clique within SPLM administration to be master minded of that short coming in SPLM party. He went on to said that SPLM had already lost the direction and huge supporters because of mismanagement practice in Government of South Sudan, he exclaimed that no development in South despite they had received the amount of $6.5 billion dollars since 2005 oil revenue, and no body know where this money had gone..

The main stream SPLM instead of giving clear reason that forced Dr. Lam to form new party, they just claimed that Lam had stolen SPLM name and they accused him of plagiarism. For me the people who used this academic terminology were out of the context because the formed party gives honor to SPLM by referring their party to main stream SPLM. Indeed using the name SPLM will not give any party privilege to be a leading party in southern Sudan. Instead of continuing with baseless and endless debate and argument about the name, it is wisely for the SPLM main stream to make concrete home work thoroughly to gain apathy supporters who see the government in south Sudan is leading to ''gloomy future''.

Ironically, let SPLM party prove itself to the public on the ground to disqualify SPLM-DC claimed practically rather then using threaten language, if they believe in democratic system that give rights to every individual to express his opinions.

Criticism without progressive alternatives change will be harmful. However, any parties that will issue blind criticism for the sake of down load his opponents unhealthy will loss supporters, for not all people that will continue supporting them unconscious without living tangible example in their leadership. I think time of ignore is over and it will be very hard and difficult to each party to gain supporters out of blue. Also it is irresponsible for those who argued that all southern should continue supporting SPLM government even though they are not providing what CPA in tell up to 2011.

Analytic minded people might not accepted the illustration given by clique within SPLM that Dr. Lam was supposed to make that changed within the party instead of forming his own party, for sure he might have tried but there was no way forward I guess.

Some leading politicians in SPLM party regarded Dr. Lam Akol as unstable politician who had joined more parties within limited times. But the better solution for them is to work hard to ensure their claimed to disprove Dr. Lam as failure politician. Also they need to be assured that intellectual minded people in Sudan will no be weaved by empty accusation otherwise.

Personally I sense that SPLM party was obstinate, for unreasonably they usually refused to change their ideas or behaviors in certain elements concerning welfare of the party and it supporters, even though people try to persuade them.

Yes, it is true that the formation of new party was drastic and dramatic for drowsing SPLM Political Bureau. Presumably this alarm news should have given them chance to articulate their policies in right direction rather than panic and assuming that everything is in good shape. In other hands, we might assumed that the leaders of new party were dread about their future and political career which is being marginalized by clique leaders within SPLM political arena according to Dr. Lam statement on Saturday.

Moreover, some analysts regarded the formation of new party as dubious because this formation was really dumb-struck to elites within SPLM party, for some regard the Founder of new party as traitor. Here let me posted this question: What made SPLM to keep such traitor within their system for so long? If they believe that the Founder of new party is traitor how come they give him key position to holder on party card? The observers will challenge the SPLM party for such behaviors, for they were supposed to keep the traitor lock in custody but how come they had allowed him to move free and do his own business. Indeed, people will consider this accusation as baseless and has no strong foundation.

All know that the formation of the new party was dumb-founded shock that made SPLM main stream very confused and unable to comprehend the situation. I think it is the right time for the SPLM decision maker to take tranquilizes to cold down their tension so that they may face that thorn with logic in the way that may not shame SPLM party or destroy their repudiation. Here let me illustrate this point with what Apostle Paul did: Paul was having thorn in his eye that distributed him so much and he approached the throne of God mercy pleading with him to remove that thorn from his body ,and he bagged God three times, but God replied him that ''My kindness is all you need. My power is strongest when you are weak'' (2 Cor.12:8-9). This is may implies that when we have thorn in our flesh we usually begin to think positive about how to remove it in way that may not harm us , for if we tried to operate it wrongly that may bring more damage than benefit.

Again, SPLM-DC will be a real poison thorn to incompetence leaders who could not win any voters in coming election, but for capable leaders this may be green light for early preparation to prove their competence through democratic practice, rather than just being appointed in ministerial positions. Nevertheless, the SPLM-DC is true thorn to unqualified leaders because it will reduce them to stage of hopeless and hysteria atmosphere.

It is healthy to feel that the formation of SPLM-DC is horror, terrible, shocking or frightening. Indeed, for those who think that this formation is horrible they should be challenge by that to adjust them to become relevant in the southern instead of being irrelevant people due to their performances. Truly for many people this formation is not hoax (false warning about something dangerous or an attempt to make people believe something that are not true) but is real matter that need be live with and is not illusion as some term it.

Any negative reaction to the new formed party will indicate that we are not really in democratic transition period but we are still employing autocratic systems. Indeed, the claimed which said '' Southern can not govern themselves'' Become truly applicable. Personally I don't believe that undermine statement which was played by master -minded of divide and rule in Sudan. It is much advisable to diagnose the root cause of the problem rather than giving symptomatic treatment or denying the cause.

As Christians community we should learnt to cope up with thorn in our flesh and tried to avoid irresponsible attitude of hit-man.