SPLA/M removal of Dr Lam Akol of Shuluk tribe from the post of Sudan Minster of foreign affairs, and his replacement with Mr Deng Alor of Dinka tribe is a cheap tribalism by Dinka-dominated SPLA/M. Reshuffling of Akol’s position indicates or legitimizes the supposition that the militia group is not happy to share power with other south Sudanese continuum political parties, especially with those of Dr Lam Akol and Dr Reik Machar given to grievances of long-ago.
In this contact, I should hypothesize that the reshuffling of the only key position held by a Shuluk-man in the government of national unity, is not just for the sake of reshuffling, but purely as a act of tribalism and vengeance by the Dinka-dominated SPLA/M owing to 1991 split led by both Dr Lam Akol (Shuluk tribe) and Dr Reik Machar (of Naath). I am very sure that all Sudanese people will reckon this simple fact quite remarkably!
What makes me hypothesize the so-called reshuffle that way? Well, because the Dinka-dominated SPLA/M has been longing for such a revenge against both Dr Lam Akol and Reik Machar for a very long time dating back to the time when Garang was alive! Dr Lam Akol (PhD) and Dr Reik Machar (PhD) were badly humiliated and laughed at all together by the warlord Dr Garang the leader of SPLA/M-Toriet faction as he appointed them as governors of local governments! Who can imagine that highly qualified PhD-holder compatriots such as Dr Lam Akol and Dr Machar, who once fought in the enemy’s frontlines for so many years, could end up being appointed as just local Governors at southern Sudan level?
Targeting of Dr Lam Akol today by Dinka-led GoSS simply because of the 1991 rip, declared by him and Dr Reik and which they called Greater Nasir-faction or SPLA/M-united; against Toriet-faction SPLA/M led by Dr John Garang of Dinka tribe, legitimizes all the conjectures brought forward against SPLA/M led GoSS! And if all the above suppositions about SPLA/M are true, then, the question will be: who gives the militia group that ultimate and exclusive power to dominate and overpower other political parities in southern Sudan and decides the destiny of all the issues mattered to the south Sudanese without everybody blessing or consent? Why the Dinka-led GoSS is behaving as if it is the liberator of Southern Sudan; when in fact was just formulated or devised through the arrangement or the so-called CPA! Can someone call a peaceful settlement a proclaimed victory?
Who gives the Dinka-dominated SPLM the right to act naively in the name of all south Sudanese when it has already fooled itself that it is fighting for the liberation of all Sudanese people but from who?hence the name SPLA! If SPLA/M is a true liberator of all Sudanese people,then, why it has hijacked the Dr Reik Machar’s idea for self-determination of South Sudanese under KPA and Why SPLA/M formed a autonomic government in Juba, the regional capital of southern Sudan and not in North sudan city it is really fighting for sake of unity of Sudan? And why do diehard SPLAers call any one who is not agreeing with them ideologically an Arab traitor or slave of Arab regardless of its claim that it is fighting for the sake of equality of all Sudanese including Arab naturally otherwise it is deceitful to itself!
Why SPLA/M are wasting the country resources in pointless issues that do not mattered to the vast majority of south Sudanese while ignoring important things such as the eradication of the poverty, looking after the old and widows and orphans whose parent kills during SPLA/M disastrous! Why about the wounded or war-disabled combaters who fought to put SPLMers’ bumps in those GoSS seats they are abusing now! Is it a something to be arrogant of or embarrassed of?
Now, what SPLM withdrawal from the Government of National Unity (GoUN) has created them other than embarrassment! SPLM withdrew naively hopping to frighten or intimidate GoUN!but it forgets that its image or reputation has significantly dropped as the direct result of its handling of its corrupted GoSS? Those disgraceful deeds by SPLA/M–dominated GoSS, such as collection of taxes or duties by SPLA soldiers instead of council, disappearance of the public money (e.g. the divide of south Sudan out of the oil revenues or the money donated by the International donors such as EU, UAS etc), bribes, lack of tenable development in all aspects of life on the ground in southern Sudan, tribalism, nepotism, lack of border control( i.e. criminals are crossing in and out southern Sudan like there is no government there), among others!
So, is that the example or the model of SPLA/M’s new Sudan or there is something we didn’t see yet? If that is it, then, only God will know how SPLA/M will improve things in the whole Sudan when it can’t even manage to handle certain matters in southern Sudan which is just a tiny portion of the country by comparison to entire Sudan?
Nevertheless,If SPLM recollection of its officials in GoNU was aggravated by issues such Abayi, South-North Boundaries, refusal of NCP to reallocate Dr Lam Akol position to Dinka-man (which has been done at the end), among others, now, as Dr Lam has been removed, but others disputed stuffs are not yet solved and hopefully will hardly be settled in the nearest future given to their complexities, then, what other card SPLM will use as it has already affirmed that is not going back to war? Will SPLM rejoin GoUN even without a clear road map of how it’s complains will be solved?SPLA/M must learn to put up with law or abide by Law of the country as it is not in the bush any more! So, let SPLA respect itself if not other Sudanese parties, even Mr Deng Alor that is going to replace Dr Lam I bid him that he is not going to behave anyhow and he will only deliver a planned, well-calculated or regulated Sudan government foreign strategies or guidelines or policies!
Nowadays, we, the vast majority of south Sudanese are with the peaceful solution of whatever problem mattered to us in Southern Sudan! Why? Simply because we had enough of fighting SPLA/M losing battles or wars! Those catastrophic and nonsense wars fought by Southerners in favour of SPLA/M for nearly two decades and something have produced nothing other than slaughter of 2 million innocent people and the complete destruction of Southern Sudan’s infrastructure beyond any human imagination. Those pointless wars caused by those who were suffering from psychosis,have to be stopped so as to allow the people of southern Sudan to recover and regain some strength to fight their only one enemy: the corruption and nepotism being practised by the Dinka-dominated GoSS!
Bol Thourmuck of Greater Nuer Greater Nasir(UK)
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