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South Sudan cabinet approves Abyei ruling

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By James Gatdet Dak

July 31, 2009 (JUBA) – The recently announced award on Abyei tribunal in The Hague was approved on Friday by the Council of Ministers of the Government of Southern Sudan.

The arbitration tribunal on July 22 said that the Abyei Boundary Commission Experts had exceeded their mandate when they included Heglig and Bamboo oilfields in the territory of the nine Dinka Ngok chiefdoms transferred to Kordofan in 1905 and annexed the oil rich area to southern Kordofan state

The dominant National Congress Party said it would stop remitting payments to the South on the oil revenue from the Heglig oil fields as the court ruling on the borders on the Abyei region stated it is part of Southern Kordofan state in the north.

The ruling of Abyei Arbitration Tribunal was presented to GOSS Council of Ministers by the Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar Teny. The cabinet passed a resolution to support the ruling and urged for its implementation on the ground.

The Council dismissed the claim over Heglig oilfield as part of North Sudan by the National Congress Party’s led Government of National Unity.

The Acting minister of Information and Broadcasting, Gabriel Changson Chang said the issue of heglig remained a contested area which will be dealt with in the North-South border demarcation process.

The Council established that Heglig, which is a foreign name but constituted the three South Sudanese villages of Aliny, Kuer Yaani and Panthou, is part of Unity state.

The Council also reaffirmed that only nine Ngok-Dinka chiefdoms in the redefined Abyei area will vote in the Abyei referendum.

Earlier President of the Republic of Sudan, Omer Al-Bashir, publicly stated after the Abyei ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague that Misseriya residents in Abyei area would also participate in the 2011 referendum.

Ambassador Dirdiry Mohamed Ahmed, head of the National Congress Party (NCP) delegation to the PCA also said the tribunal court had given the Heglig oilfield to the North.

Addressing the public during the commemoration of the Martyrs Day on Thursday, 30th July, the day on which late leader Dr. John Garang died, President Salva Kiir invited to Juba both the Ngok-Dinka and Misseriya chiefs to forge the way forward in the region.

Kiir reassured the public that both the people of Southern Sudan and the people of Abyei must exercise their right to self-determination in the referenda to determine their political destiny even if there are no elections.

"Even if people may not go for elections [in 2010] there must be referendum," he reassured.

The people of Southern Sudan will vote in the 2011 referendum, which is 18 months from now, to choose between creating an independent country and confirming the current unity with the North.

The people of Abyei will also vote at the same time to either join the South or remain in the North.

(ST)

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  • South Sudan cabinet approves Abyei ruling 1 August 2009 06:29, by Albee

    Date/26/09

    Panaruu community in Diaspora reaction to illegal Award of Helig

    To: The office of Presidency of GOSS/SPLM. From: The Community of Panaruu Diaspora. Subject: Open Letter to the Presidency of GOSS/SPLM. Dear His Excellency, As panaruu community in Diaspora, we are vehemently disappointed by the Illegal ruling award of Helig(panthou) to Southern kordufan. We as a community strongly condemned the GOSS /SPLM for having mishandled the case of Helig. Panaruu and Alor communities (Ruwengs) have been patient and reluctant, knowing that it is the formal responsibility of GOSS/SPLM to handle the case of Helig annexation legally before the international court of Justice (ICJ). Ruweng as the Indigenous natives of Helig, have been petitioning the GOSS over the alleged annexation of Helig, Karasani, lake jau, and Kur AJieeth(chickens hill) by NCP in 1990s. But to no avail, Goss/SPLM fail to stand up legally on the case of Helig before the ICJ and until the recent dismay of the ruling outcome. So, as a result of subsequent consequences of GOSS/SPLM delegations mishandling of Helig case in Hague, then we as natives of Ruweng and Unity State, we are determined to re-appeal the case of Helig before the ICJ in Hague Netherland versus National Congress Party. Therefore, we urge the Government of GOSS and citizens of Southern Sudan to stand with us in re-appealing the case of Helig against the Sudan government. Precisely, as we come to the conclusion, we recommend the following resolutions to be put into consideration by the GOSS/SPLM: 1. We earnestly ask the GOSS and Unity State Government to willingly support and fund the legal due process of re-appeal the case of Heglig before the ICJ. 2. We also recommend the GOSS to stand firmly with the native committee of Ruweng as they would furnish substantial evidences and facts about Heglig. 3. We urge financial findings to the facilitation and coordination of the legal process due to commence in the near future. 4. We are also cordially asking the GOSS to speed up this process in timely manner before the Sudan Government justify and claim our indigenous land and deprive us of our natural resource. 5. We want a good and well experience expertise to go to the Area and assess the borderline between Ruweng and Southern Kordufan ahead of border commission demarcation ruling due underway in the future. 6. We want Abyei in Particular to Stop claiming our area as their territory. Because they do not have anything to do with Heglig.

    Conclusively, we optimistically looking forward for your mutual cooperation and understanding with the Ruweng natives and Unity State over this daunting case. We thank your leadership in advance.

    Below are the signatures of the Panaruu Community Diaspora in USA, who were available at the urgent meeting. Namely: 1. Samuel Dau Deng--------Chairman of PCHARD Board of Director. 2. Stephen Mijok Dongwei----Board of Director of PCHARD. 3. Thirik Lang Mijak----Member of PCA. 4. Andrew Bith Abui ---Member. 5. John Abui Chol—Member. 6. Monyluak Deng Kur---Member. 7. Benjamin Bol Sambul---Member. 8. Andrew Kiir Miyom---member. 9. Piok Miarial Chol ---member. 10. Biem Miabek Akol---member. 11. Koch Yol Dudi---member. 12. Miyom Thon Deng---member. 13. Gak Bol Mijok---member. 14. Simon Chol Juach---member. 15. Simon Mijak Kiir---member. 16. Miyen Miaker Lueth---member. 17. Paulino Miabek Minyiel ---member. 18. Monybuk Kiir Dhieu---member. 19. Plus other members and staffs of Panaruu.

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  • South Sudan cabinet approves Abyei ruling 1 August 2009 07:38, by Joseph

    Definitely, only Dinka Ngok will vote during referendum. But the Heglig belongs to Unity state; therefore government of Southern Sudan should raise this issue.

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    • South Sudan cabinet approves Abyei ruling 1 August 2009 08:31, by Ajuscommando

      Dear Joseph,

      Please Mr. Joseph, you are 100 precent right, the Helig Oilfield is belong to Unity state although we have some cat who doesn’t agree within the South due to Bashir money. Keep supporting Southerners right and God will bless you man.

      Ajus

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      • South Sudan cabinet approves Abyei ruling 1 August 2009 09:09, by Sala Gai

        Right is for all not for individual in the all country North & South for them which is which?

        Good Governance show the human right to the people in the country.

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        • South Sudan cabinet approves Abyei ruling 1 August 2009 15:42, by ACIEK

          thank you southern for your hard working toward yourselves and your people ,and thankful to leadership led by Dr. riek machar to the hague.we’re still in pain of 1991 slaughter of innocence people ,my father and rest my uncle were the victime of 1991.if we just asked ourselves now ,why that happen? ithink nobody will come up with right answer to the question anyways the past is gone let us open right shapter.

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  • South Sudan cabinet approves Abyei ruling 1 August 2009 11:29, by DHARCHEP

    Dear James Gatdet Dak,

    Thank you so much for informing us about the approvable of Abyei by the Council Ministers of the Government of Southern Sudan. I’m very happy indeed that the problems of Abyei is quite settled and meet with the right perimeter in which the people of Abyei will not endure any jeopardises again. I thank Almighty God for bringing Abyei back to the Southern Sudan. However, I would like you Mr James Gatdet Dak,to recommend and pass this information to the Southern Sudanese leaders that there are things which the Government of Southern Sudan have to address especially to the people who are living on the basin of the Oilfields such as Nuer communities, Dinka Ruweng of Aloor community of Abiemnom county and Dinka Panaruu Community of Panrieng County in Unity State Capital, Bentiu. My point as I’m from Dinka Ruweng of Aloor Community is that, the approvable of Abyei by the Council Ministers of the Government of Southern Sudan is not something very intricate to be done, but because of the leadership of DENG KUOL AROP BIONG and his families who are governing Abyei. These people of Deng Kuol Arop Biong need to have changes amongst themselves and not to use Abyei as a home of Deng Kuol Arop Biong alone. The problem of Abyei was steered by the ancestors of Deng Kuol Arop especially Dr Francis Miading Deng. Why I said that? Because, back in 2003 when the Late Dr John Garang, did meeting with American representative Councilors in USA about the issue of Abyei, Dr Francis Miading Deng was asked by one of the American Councilor and he said that Abyei belong to the North. Dr John Garang felt mad about the respond in which Dr Francis Miading Deng had stated. This show that Miading Deng, was not happy and he don’t like Abyei to be one of the Southern Sudan territory, but the right of Dinka Jok of Abyei has regurgitated Miading Deng’s statement because it sound weired from Miading Deng, that Abyei is a part of North, according to his statement.

    As far as everything is concern, Mr James Gatdet Dak, there are many things which distracted and disappointed people when things are not relatively located in the right way and in the right figure with which they are suppose to be known. I’m really losing my confident on the four leaders namely: Luka Biong Deng, Deng Alor and Edward Lino Wuor plus Benjamin Majak Dau. I thought that these four leaders are working for the interests of everyone in Southern Sudan, but as I noticed myself, there is no integrity fruit of life to the other Community like DINKA RUWENG of ALOOR COMMUNITY of ABIEMNOM(BIEMNOM) county in Unity State. I thought that our Southern Sudanese leaders should work and bring a sort of equilibrium innovation to the people regardless of races and whatsoever in our beloves country so call Sudan.

    Why I said that? RUWENG REGION, which is the indigenous place of Dinka Ruweng of Aloor Community of Abiemnom county, is like a "GIRL WITHOUT HER BROTHER". It is true because Deng Alor, Edward Lino and Luka Biong Deng should not have to make a cunning treaty of annexing some part of Dinka Ruweng of Aloor Community of Abiemnom County to Abyei territory. At the same time, when Deng Alor and Edward Lino were interviewed by the media, they revealed through their mouths that Heglig is a part of Unity State, but they both failed to pinpoint where Heglig is situated since they know that if they said it that Heglig is from Ruweng Region of Dinka Ruweng of Aloor Community, then they will be guilty and blamed by the people of Dinka Ruweng of Aloor Community of Abiemnom County in Unity State. As a rule, they Southern Sudanese leaders should take a deep inquiry about Heglig which is call Aliiny by Dinka Ruweng of Abiemnom county. I have addressed that issue of Heglig in my previous comment and I hope some of the other Southern Sudan Tribune Readers have come across it. I said that because I was really oppressed by the news in which Benjamin Majak Dau, had named Heglig as PANTHOU and defined it as a "COIN" according to his own understanding. So, in this way, Ruweng Region of Dinka Ruweng of Aloor Community is like a girl without her brother because each of every community close to Dinka Ruweng of Abiemnom want a portion of land from the land of Dinka Ruweng of Aloor Community except only Nuer Communities are disassociated themselves away from this matter. In my own view of understanding, I don’t know why Dinka Panaruu of Panrieng County and Dinka Jok of Abyei are trying to annihilated the heritage of Dinka Ruweng of Aloor Community because of Oil ar because they don’t have a Minister in the Southern Sudan Parliament? My question is that, do all Southern Sudan leaders in the Parliament work for the interest of their own areas? If not in that way, then why Mr Deng Alor, a foreign Minister affair, Luka Biong Deng, Edward Lino and Benjamin Majak Dau, tried to play a "SOCCER GAME" in Land of Dinka Ruweng of Aloor Community? Are these four leaders enemies to Dinka Ruweng of Aloor Community?

    In fact, the game is over and Dinka Ruweng of Aloor Community in Unity State have seen what was the aim of the game. So, Mr James Gatdet Dak, if you have chance to read this comment of mine, then I beg your pardon in order to sent this message of mine to the four leaders which I have mentioned their names above so that they can read it and understand the aim of my message to them. Or whoever managing this website, I recommended you to do the same as I told to Mr James Gatdet Dak. We Dinka Ruweng of Aloor Community in Southern Sudan and in other places, we are not happy indeed with the way in which our land is being misused and mishandled by the four leaders such as Benjamin Majak Dau, Edward Lino, Luka Biong and Deng Alor. Dinka Ruweng of Aloor Community was the first community in Southern Sudan to experience war jeopardises since 1982 when Jafaar Nimeiri, sent his troops to Heglig which is call Toor Aliiny. As a result, some people tried to use this land of Dinka Ruweng of Aloor Community as a place of jokes and not a place of the indigenous people of Dinka Ruweng of Aloor. Deng Alor, Luka Biong Deng, Edward Lino and Benjamin Majak Dau, all Dinka Ruweng of Aloor Community of Abiemnom county have seen you. Anyway, keep going and take some parts of Ruweng or keep naming any areas you want to name. Benjamin Majak Dau, we see what you are doing and that is why you call Dinka Panaruu as Dinka Ruweng. Mr Benjamin Majak Dau, Dinka Panaruu in which you belong is not Ruweng completely and I have to challenge you on that. We Dinka Ruweng of Aloor Community of Abiemnom County in Unity State, we are very famous despite that the war had ravaged and distorted everything in Ruweng land just because of Oil in Aliiny of Dinka Ruweng of Aloor Community. So, that is why some other communities like Dinka Panaruu and Dinka Jok(Ngok)of Abyei think that this community call Dinka Ruweng of Aloor Community is an INVALUED Community.

    We are very sorry for all these inconveniences, but remember Mr Benjamin Majak Dau, Dinka Panaruu are not call Dinka Ruweng at all. If Salva Kiir Miyardit, signed that Dinka Panaruu are call Dinka Ruweng, then Dinka Ruweng of Aloor Community will confront President Salva Kiir Miyardit about that. Benjamin Majak Dau, your statement which you had said in 1998 that "Dinka Ruweng of Aloor Community is a small community and its should have a county is very understable and the people of Dinka Ruweng of Aloor Community are working on it as a "Piority" topic which we will never forget at all. I will stop here and I would like to tell it to my fellows brothers and sisters of Sudan tribune readers that if you are not from Dinka Panaruu, then I don’t have problem with you, but if you know that you are from Dinka Panaruu, then please advise yourself and your brother Benjamin Majak Dau from misusing the name RUWENG. If you want to be call DINKA RUWENG of ALOOR instead of DINKA PANARUU, then I don’t have any problem with you, but respect the native Dinka RUWENG of Aloor Community in Abiemnom, although they are small and they can not have a county.

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    • South Sudan cabinet approves Abyei ruling 1 August 2009 15:38, by Dinka Aliap Chawul

      GOSS should also reject the name Heglig as much as Southern Sudanese are concerns about the issue of Abyei.Does "Panthou" sound Notherner? fortunately not

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      • South Sudan cabinet approves Abyei ruling 1 August 2009 20:20, by Mafer

        What goes around comes around. Heglig issue has come back around aching the heads and hearts of Southerners.

        Dharcep, pieces of advice to you buddy, Aliiny is Aliiny and you know, there could have been other villages within that area call Heglig. So Panthou and many other names have existed. Dharcep, I respect your views but Aliiny is not Aloor land, Aloor might have some parts of it but not the Heglig people are talking about now! please do not create unnecessary repeated discussions. Heglig is belong to Unity state and that is the important. Another point, Mijak Dau did no mistake, where is your leaders? it is because they know that Heglig is belong to Panaruu that is why they are quiet.

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        • South Sudan cabinet approves Abyei ruling 2 August 2009 09:36, by samuel_kur@yahoo.ca

          To Mafer

          Yes, we know there are many villages might be there at Ngol area, which panthou and Aliiny are parts of it nobody deny that.

          therefore, we as the people of Unity state should help our government to identify it’s right, what i mean to urge the government of southern Sudan to form committees’ for Ngol owner groups, such as Roweng(Aloor),and Roweng Panarou plus Nuer Bull and Lehk to go to the Ngol ground and show evidences. As you said Aliiny is not Aloor land, i could not agree with you in that point, because i personally was born there at Ngol area in 1965, which was the year Bagara who is the Messryia attack our villages and compelled them to the current area its call Biemnom.

          Ngol actually was habitation for Roweng/ Aloor the only was known by Roweng name at that time, Ngok was known by joke Abyei,and Ngol panarou which the only was not attack by Bagara it was call Buokthok which became Pan Deng Agieu later, plus part of Aliiny, and rest of Ngol was for Joke and Roweng Abiemnom. Any way we should not argue too much, if Ngol de Roweng ,and Ngol Abyei And buokthok were belong to Panarou all will be for the south, or Aloor it is also belong to the south, no need to create anyanya three. In addition of Mr. Majk Dau Bol Bengmiur i don’t have any comment about that, because when Majak said what brother Dharchep mentioned it, i was not available there, but if Majak Dau said that he could be mistaken, i was respect him and i was see him as the one of us.

          I think Dharchep was not Mistaken in his statement, if it is the leader as you said, we do not have any leader in fact, but i think it is not wrong when people do not have leaders,and who knows if there will leaders in future, as there were no leaders in panarou before in 1970s,except Wien Dau Manjuet, before Majak was raised up by Jaafer Mohamed Nomeari.

          Brother Dharchep do not be disappointed by Mafer statement, i think its normal.

          your brother Samuel Nyok kuat Kur

          Thanks

          I could be reached by: samuel_kur@yahoo.ca.

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    • South Sudan cabinet approves Abyei ruling 2 August 2009 15:30, by Abok Kiir Dau

      Dear Dharchep,

      In reply to your comment, I would like to politely tell you that, could you please stop dividing and work together as Ruweng people, as we Southern Sudanese know that Heglig belong to Unity state, it doesn’t matter who owns it, as long it is in South Sudan. So my brother our aim is to bring it back to Southern Sudan and that needs struggling and life sacrifices. So let’s also stop blaming our leaders or judge them by their words, do what you can if you could to help instead of complaining.

      In additon to that, why saying Panaruu is not Ruweng, as far as I know the Ruweng people are Aloor Kur Kuot, Panaruu and Paweny, that how we call you people since and till now. Also in reality Aloor came out from Panaruu, the six clans of Aloor were in Panaruu, which add up to the three clans left in Awet now, since Panaruu is divided into two namely Awet and Kuel. Any way just want to give you a clue of how you are Ruweng together with others in stead of isolating yourself.

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      • South Sudan cabinet approves Abyei ruling 3 August 2009 09:45, by DHARCHEP

        Hey Mr Abok Kiir Dau,

        If you read my previous comment very precisely, then what do you understand when I said that "Ruweng is like a girl without her brother"?. This is true and I really mean it that you Dinka Panaruu people, you are just trying to be cunning enough and pretended yourselves to be the indigenous people of Dinka Ruweng. When I was in Panaruu land, I have never heard it from the elders of Dinka Panaruu people saying that they are Ruweng. My friend Mr Abok Kiir Dau, everybody have his own border. If Dinka Panaruu people don’t have a limit, then it is better for you and the rest of the others Dinka Panaruu people in order not to give a wrong signal to the other Southern Sudanese communities by fooling yourselves to be call RUWENG. Well, to me, if Dinka Panaruu like themselves to be called Dinka Ruweng, then it is fine anyway, but don’t tried to capsize down the indigenous people of Dinka Ruweng of Aloor Community of Abiemnom(Biemnom county).

        Benjamin Majak Dau, mentioned it in 1998 that Dinka Ruweng of Aloor Community is a small community in Unity State, therefore, it should not have a county. He said that in front of all Dinka Panaruu people in Nairobi and there is no one from Dinka Panaruu who stood up and challenged Mr Benjamin Majak Dau, about an absurd statement which he had gave to Dinka Panaruu. If you people of Dinka Panaruu are the people who minded about other people affairs, then Majak Dau, should be condemned and faced a blame for that. But, because there is no one of Dinka Ruweng of Aloor Community in the meeting, that is why Benjamin Majak Dau, said that in front of Dinka Panaruu. If Majak Dau, was not a coward person, then why he doesn’t go to Ruweng land of Aloor Community in Abiemnom(Biemnom) and tell that statement to the indigenous people of Dinka Ruweng of Aloor Community?

        You Dinka Panaruu, if you wants to be fooled by Benjamin Majak Dau, like what Hussein Turabi, had done to Darfurian people by giving them keys so that if they go and fought in Southern Sudan and one get killed, then he will go and open the door in Heaven. All Darfurian people agreed and come to Southern Sudan for they will be safe in Heaven when the get killed. So, how foolish is that tactic from Hussein Turabi? As a matter of fact, the same thing from Hussein Turabi, want to be done to you by Benjamin Majak Dau. Second, you said that our aims is to bring Heglig back. How are we going to bring it back and Benjamin Majak Dau don’t even no the meaning of Heglig? If Majak Dau know the meaning of Heglig, why he said that it is a "COIN"? That is the way you Dinka Panaruu people tried to prevaricated the right of the other people. You can’t tell me that "stop dividing and work together as Ruweng people". I know Ruweng and that is the place where I was born and been raised up by my parents. I thought you will said that let work together as Dinka Padaang People instead of Ruweng. More importantly, I’m proud of my native place known as Ruweng Region of Dinka Ruweng of Aloor community in Unity State. If I live in Nuer, Bhar-el-ghazal and Panaruu, I can’t say that I’m living in Dinka Ruweng Land of Aloor Community or I can’t said that Nuer and Bhar-el-are called Ruweng. That is a big NO,NO,NO. I have to respect those places and at the same times, I can’t turned those places down.

        Third, you mentioned it in your comment that "Heglig is belong to Unity State". By the way, what part of Unity State is Heglig belong? You can tell me that; it is belong to Nuer, Dinka Ruweng of Aloor Community of Abiemnom County or Dinka Panaruu Community of Panrieng county. Who are the indigenous people of Heglig? Lastly, Heglig, in which feign intellectual Benjamin Majak Dau, defined it as a "COIN" is not a coin, but it is call ALIINY. I criticized Majak Dau that he doesn’t have knowledge about Heglig itself, but assuming it according to the way in which you Dinka Panaruu people assume everything to be yours. I can’t fear with anyone when one is misusing the name Ruweng which is my Identity and I’m proud of it although, Dinka Ruweng of Aloor Community of Abiemnom is small. I thought that Majak Dau, is working as a Minister for the interest of the whole Southern Sudanese, but in fact, he is working for the interest of Dinka Panaruu. Okay, it is fine with me, but he is supposed to direct the people of Dinka Panaruu in a right way rather than calling them as RUWENG. To be honest with you Mr Abok Kiir Dau, Dinka Panaruu are not called RUWENG except only if it might been signed by the Late Dr John Garang, during the peace agreement, then I’m not sure. But remember again that Dinka Panaruu are not called RUWENG. If Dinka Panaruu call themselves Ruweng then it is okay with me, but let them not show kind of disrespect to the indigenous people of Dinka RUWENG of Aloor Community of Abiemnom County in Unity State. We are small community in Unity State and we don’t need to be more. We wants to remain the way we are as we normally have Six Clans namely: Mijuan, Amaal, Thiyeer, Manteng, NgongChill and Abaang. There is a saying said that "the more you have the more problems you encountered all the times". So, we are enough with those Six clans of Dinka Ruweng of Aloor Community of Abiemnom County in Unity State.

        So, my friend Abok Kiir Dau, advise your people of Dinka Panaruu in order to give respect to the indigenous people of Dinka Ruweng of Aloor Community of Abiemnom County although they are small according to the statement which Majak Dau had said. NB: To all Southern Sudan Tribune Readers, I’m not with anybody, but the people of Dinka Panaruu in particular. I will stop here and I don’t wants to negotiate anymore since the cause of Myocardinal Infarction disease is already been discovered. One of Dinka Panaruu person said it in his previous comment that Dinka Panaruu have Doctors, Engineers and Lecturers as well as many other intellectuals, but please kept those intellectuals in Dinka Panaruu land. If Dinka Ruweng of Aloor Community of Abiemnom don’t have intellectuals people, then we will go and have some from different communities within Southern Sudan instead of going to Panaruu land. I’m tried of this Heglig!!!.

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        • South Sudan cabinet approves Abyei ruling 5 August 2009 11:41, by Abok Kiir Dau

          Dear Dharchep,

          Sorry for the late reply, I just want to make some corrections on how you can say my name, am Miss not Mr, hope you may know the meaning of that name in Apadang communities. Back to the point, I have read your previous comment, and my understanding to what you said that "Ruweng is like a girl without her brother"? Meaning Ruweng have no one to stands up and talks on their behave (leader that is your point of view, which is totally wrong thinking and not true because as Ruweng people, you have two leaders in the movement, namely Mijak Dau and Gier Chuang. So I don’t see the point of you saying that, which I still call division.

          On the other hand, you mentioned how cunning and pretending Panaruu are to call themselves as indigenous people of Ruweng. I don’t know if they are when telling the truth that could be an opposite man. Deny it, but the fact remains, that they are, and also they are the owners of Panthou (Heglig).

          In addtion to that, I would like you to show some respect toward Mijak Dau, and talk sense as an intellectual by using your intelligence and analytical thinking, either in a profession capacity, or for personal reason. Calling him foolish will not solve the issue, better accept the facts and if in doubt as you are, than settle it when facing one another instead of saying all those bad words online. On top of this, I did mention in my pervious comment that all Ruweng people should unite first in order to tackle Panthou or Aliny together and than come other commuities from Apadang to back you up when you are united and tell Southern Sudanese one thing, that is why I didn’t say Apadang first.

          Otherwise no need for us to crack our minds for nothing bro, let just get Heglig back from the North and help the Goss with more evidence from the area.

          God bless

          Miss Abok

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          • South Sudan cabinet approves Abyei ruling 11 August 2009 10:48, by DHARCHEP

            Dear Miss Abok Kiir Dau,

            In fact, I have been trying to check your reply, but unfortunately, I didn’t founded anything until I just founded your reply recently. Anyway, I’m not going to to talk about all of the past events, but there is one thing that I wants to correct from you as I told you when I said "RUWENG IS LIKE A GIRL WITHOUT HER BROTHER". As I read your comment, you did not really understand exactly what I mean. First of all, assume that you are from your homeland of Panaruu and you are a girl as you are. You don’t have a brother, but you are the only girl in your family who take care of everything whether at home or outside of your home. Your father have herds of cattle and you have to take those herds of cattle to a different grazing fields. You confronted a lot of boys in the grazing fields who are taking care of their herds as you do the same.

            How will be your mood and self-esteem amongst those of your home boys who are taking care of their cattle in the grazing fields with you? Will you be venerated as the way other boys are venerated themselves? Miss Abok Kiir Dau, if you are from Dinka Panaruu and you where born there in Panaruu, then you will exactly know the life style of the boys and they ways the acts. If you don’t understand this properly, then go and asked your Mother not your father. Or you can go and asked your Niece, grandmother or any one of an older woman from your family. She will know it very well what are they disadvantages of a girl who don’t have her brother in the family. Miss Abok Kiir Dau, perceive my word clearly and don’t diverted yourself like you don’t know what I’m talking about. If you was born outside of Panaruu land, then I’m sorry and I will not blame you so much.

            Miss Abok Kiir Dau, I do respect you very well, but you are not the right person to answer this question. If you really grow up in Panaruu, then you will know it very well how girls who don’t have their brothers are mistreated and disturbed by the boys when they are alone. Get me right although I know that you will not believe me. I have evidence because I was been in Panaruu. Second, don’t take it like only girls who don’t have their brothers in Panaruu land are they one being mistreated, but it happen in the whole Southern Sudan starting from Dinka Bhar-el-ghazal, Dinka Jok of Abyei, Dinka Paweny, Dinka Ngok Lual Yak, Dinka Ruweng of Aloor, Nuer and so many other tribes. A girl without her brother never stay happy all the times except only when she is married.

            So, that is why I said Ruweng is like a girl without her brother because everyone tried to take a share of the name Ruweng and misued it in way which is not good in front of its native people of Ruweng of Aloor Community of Abiemnom. Third, tried to use respect and take the norm of our traditional culture and not the ex-culture which you perceive whether from abroad or elsewhere. I’m happy that you are from Dinka Panaruu and you will see one day that the game in which your people of Panaruu are trying do is not absolutely right and it can not be tolerated. Lastly, you told me that do not use a "bad words on Mijak Dau". To be honest with you, I’m not using a bad word on Mijak Dau, but Mijak Dau, is the one who is trying to create a wrong political agenda in which he had mentioned in 1998 that "Ruweng of Aloor Community of Abiemnom County in Unity State is just a small region and it should not have a county. Abok Kiir Dau, if you are staying with your mother or father, is there anytime that your mother and your father have said that ABOK, should not be given food because she is small? Abok Kiir Dau, once again, I do respect you, but I don’t want to go further as this will bring a lot of things which I don’t want at all to discuss. If you are from Dinka Panaruu by Nationality, then you should have a border line. Ruweng of Aloor Community is small, but this does not mean that if they are small, then their right have to be prevaricated. In short, I have to tell you that Mijak Dau, is not a leader of Ruweng nor Gier Chuang is not a leader of Ruweng neither. Both of these leaders are dissociated with Dinka Ruweng of Aloor Community of Abiemnom. Thank you and stay cool.

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  • South Sudan cabinet approves Abyei ruling 2 August 2009 05:38, by samuel_kur@yahoo.ca

    To Mr. James Gadet Dak.

    I would like to appreciate your article about the detailing your southern Sudan issues, by searching southern Sudanese comments, and reflecting to the media through southern Sudan. God will strengthen your mind.

    I would like you also, to reflect to the leaders in the south Sudan specially Dr. Riak Machar as the son of Unity State "Bentiu", that he should be vigilant in his State issues, specially the current "hegilig" crisis in Sudan in particularly deceives of Khartoum government since 1947, at round table meeting in the southern Sudan capital City Juba by telling southerners they would give southerners a federation government if the British & Egyptian rulers left, but when Sudan was almost to be an independent country they met with the British Rulers secretly in the night of 1955. leaving out southerners politician, who they had promised them for a federation government. until now they still thinking south Sudan like yesterday south, which the educated people were count by the fingers, i thanks God a lot because we have today many educated politicians. At the other hand, Dr. Riak Machar needs to supervise Unity State politic, due for the minority people in the State who do not have the figured politicians in the south government and Sudan government generally, they have lack of politicians now, but if you payed your attention toward them, it should be your credit and they could help the south in the future, for example Abiemnom community, i don’t hear in the south they have a single figure politician, you shouldn’t let any community in the south to under mind their right because of their lack of any leader as it was happen during the map of Ngol, which they were denied their right to be concidered before our lade hero Dr. John Garang than Abyei right because of availability of Mr. Deng Alor, Edward Lino wuor Abyei, Pieng Deng Kual, i could not blame them also for that error as i could not blame you for the recently Abyei situation in the south, if we southerners started to argue with them, we could had to discourage them, and the government in north could told them look at your brothers who you favor than us how they want to treat you before you join them, as they are our real brothers, we kept silent except the few people were talking.

    I thanks God because he solved Abyei problem, now i urge you to focus on Ngol "Hegilig" issue, by forming communities committees from the following communities as you can: Roweng/ Aloor community, Bull community, Lehk community, and panarou community to identify the truth in Ngol area which include Aliiny de Roweng Aloor and panthu de panarou, that Arab named them as " Hegilig".

    Brother Dr. Riak Machar people in Abiemnom were a very confidence when they heard about your being a figure number in the south government who could not be denied, but things went wrong when they waited for assistance, and felt you have abandoned them.please do not forget your bending head in Bentiu as also Panarou of Panrieng, who a little bit better then nothing because they have their eye Benjamin Majak Dau.

    I know you have many responsibilities in south government, which they need you to supervise them, but you should look at your back once at the time.

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