Kiir pledges issues of Khartoum protest to be resolved within Presidency

By Ngor Arol Garang

December 9, 2009 (KHARTOUM) – General Salva Kiir Mayardit, First Vice President of the Republic of Sudan and President of the semi-autonomous region of Southern Sudan, has pledged his determination to use the Presidency to address the concerns raised by Monday’s protest incident in Khartoum.


First Vice President of Sudan Salva Kiir makes an address from Juba on December 7, 2009

Speaking to journalists after arrival from Juba at Khartoum international airport, he said the Presidency is committed to finding lasting settlement of all post-demonstration concerns. The Presidency consists of President Omar Al-Bashir, Kiir in his capacity as First Vice President, and Second Vice President Ali Osman Taha.

Kiir had intervened after the arrest of two senior SPLM leaders in Khartoum on Monday, winning their release along with hundreds of other demonstrators by placing a phone call with Bashir.

In a statement released by his office in Juba on Monday, Kiir disclosed "I have just spoken with President Al Bashir and we both have agreed to maintain calm and restraint during this critical moment of our history. President Bashir has reassured me that all detainees will be released. We have also discussed the need to urgently pass the Southern Sudan referendum law [and other laws]."

He also subsequently downplayed the incident, saying that SPLM leaders in Khartoum engaged in a "procession" rather than a "demonstration."

At the airport today, Kiir said that he agreed with President Bashir on Monday to resolve key issues within the Presidency.

Meanwhile, Dr. Luka Biong Deng, Minister in the Office of the President of the Government of South Sudan, said the Presidency had discussed the probability of extending parliamentary sessions to make it possible to pass all bills before dissolving itself for the upcoming elections.

This comes amid other signs that Bashir’s National Congress is set to move on a referendum law without consensus from Kiir’s SPLM.

Nationwide demonstrations in Khartoum and South Sudan on Monday by SPLM and opposition parties had demanded amendment of laws not compatible with the National Constitution.

According to Luka Biong, the First Vice President and President met on Wednesday to discuss pending issues on the implementation of the Comprehensive Pace Agreement. The meeting also discussed Monday’s incidents and proposed the extension of parliamentary sessions.

Commenting on key sticking issues pending final settlement, he highlighted three bills related to South Sudan: the bills on the Abyei referendum, Popular Consultations for Nuba Mountains and Southern Blue Nile, and the National Security law. Another contentious and time-sensitive law is the one on the referendum for self-determination of Sudan in 2011. These remain issues of immediate concern that require complete attention before being presented to the National Assembly for further deliberation and enactment into acts.

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16 Forum messages

Kiir pledges issues of Khartoum protest to be resolved within Presidency 10 December 2009 05:33, by junub

If those of Pagan and Yasir haven’t matching in protest, that deal would have not greed on by Bashir and Taha. Thanks Pagan,Yasir and fellow commerates who protested for our right. There is no different to what you heroes and heroics did than what Martin L. King did in Black Civil Right moment in United States. Love you folks.

Kiir pledges issues of Khartoum protest to be resolved within Presidency 10 December 2009 06:24, by Gatwech

The deal is NOT yet agreed but being discussed by Dr. Machar and Ustaz Taha as usual.

Hey, I told you yesterday that the coward Salvatore Kiir Miyerdit, will sneak into Khartoum ONLY after Dr. Riek Machar is already in Khartoum to defuse the tension first and assure Kiir that no body will kill him in his presence.

Can you see that Kiir is really a coward!!! Where on earth can a brave President want both himself and his deputy to be moving together just for fear. Kiir’s cowardice behaviour will make him lose the chance of being the founder of Republic of South Sudan in 2011.

"I hate a coward leader and I will NEVER give him the chance to lead my people to independence," says Ngundeng Bong.

Kiir is fulfilling that prophesy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Ahahahahaaa....
- Kiir pledges issues of Khartoum protest to be resolved within Presidency 10 December 2009 08:34, by mzalendo
  
  To mr. Gatwech...
  
  if Kiir can go to khartoum after Riek has gone, do we have any effects on that as southerners? pliz bro, put in mine that those guys have united their hands contributing to our right as southerners. i don’t see the reason to make fun about their visit to khartoum, whether machar went first or who ever go first, it dont matter, the only aim is what they are going to discuss with our enemies in the north.
  
  pliz brother Gatwech, do you know why i have been honestly replying your comments always? it is simply because i want you to change your attitudes, the negative attitudes you have on your people. i told you last week that dont let your self be drive away by oshay and logic dog who are both supporting NCP. i know you are a true supporter of SPLM, but a tribalist so pliz bro, SPLM is not for tribes, its the party for all southern sudanese who wanted their freedom to be claimed wisely by their respective leaders.
  
  there is no reason at all to call your president a coward man, its because you were incited by those guys i mentioned above there. so pliz brother, try to change...just get down and read my message carefully and try to recall how many lives it cost southerners to get this freedom?
  then after that, you will be the true patriot of south...
  thanks...
  - Kiir pledges issues of Khartoum protest to be resolved within Presidency 11 December 2009 05:04, by Gatwech
    
    Mzalendo,
    
    There is no where in the whole world a president moves with the vice President to do the same thing. Even if they do different things they can never leave their capital together and move to another capital together. What if something happens to both of them? That is a foolish way of doing things and it indicates that Salva Kiir is a coward and can not go to Khartoum and stay even for a week there without Dr. Machar besides him. This is why his office is being occupied in Khartoum by Ali Osman. What they should have done is one of them go to Khartoum and when that person goes back to Juba, then the other person goes to Khartoum. This is how President and his Deputy do it in the world. You don’t move together and leave your seat alone.
- Kiir pledges issues of Khartoum protest to be resolved within Presidency 10 December 2009 10:09, by Time1
  
  Gatwech
  
  How will you fullfil that mission of yours throught the internet? You should be thinking of what will happen to bashir soon.
- Kiir pledges issues of Khartoum protest to be resolved within Presidency 10 December 2009 14:32, by Khent
  
  Gatwech:
  
  Your post is an example of the fallacy of question-begging.
  
  It’s when you use a rhetorical question, to make an assertion that you have no evidence for.
  
  I consider the perspectives of others, even when it is incoherent, as is the case with your posts. You rely entirely on subjective validation
  
  A man who picked up a rifle for his people, can NEVER be regarded as a coward in any decent society... But a capricious man, a man who was supplied and financed by the enemy of his people, fits that description quite well.
  
  Salva Kirr’s sacrifices contradict what you prefer to believe, so you ignore his sacrifices, standard denial mode - just like all other -debate losers.
  
  Readers:
  
  Revisionist "explanations" tend to be by scenario. That is, we are told a story or a perspective, but nothing else; we are not given adequate EVIDENCE, for the assertions made.
  
  Historical revisionism deliberately creates mystery where none exists, by omitting crucial information and important details. Anything can be made "mysterious" by omitting what is known about it or presenting completely imaginary details.
- Kiir pledges issues of Khartoum protest to be resolved within Presidency 10 December 2009 22:04, by junub
  
  Gatwech,
  
  What so wrong with it if Kiir send his house servant Riek Machar to go and arrange things in order before he got there. That is his job fellow otherwise if he say no, Kiir will kick his butts out of the GoSS government. This pro-Arab militia leader had to go and begs El Bashir for compromises and then back to kneel down on president Kiir foot and say yes sir I have accomplished your command idiot. Other Nuer leaders such as governor Taban Deng Gai who said to traitor Riek Machar "fool me one shame on you, and fool me twice shame on me", and Hoth had love unlike the nyagat leader Riek Machar. You need to know nobody care whether the nyagat had gone to Khartoum to talks with Bashir or not because it isn’t the first time this traitor negotiate with El Bashir.

Kiir pledges issues of Khartoum protest to be resolved within Presidency 10 December 2009 06:02, by mohammed ali

This is the right way to tackle problems and not in the communists tactics of Pagan/Arman and funny enough with the cllaboration of Hassan Al Turabi

Arman/Pagan are playing communist tactics as if they were in a student union, they lack the quality to lead a nation.Confrontations and chaos will lead to anarchy,hatred and unnecessry death of innocent people.

As the late Dr. Garang said, you can not be against yourself,you can not be the government and at the same time against the government.This is rediculous.He understands that some politicians might want to achieve their goals through him and turn him into opposition to his own government.

Politics means take and give, you can not get everything, in fact nobody ever get whatever he wants.This is a fact of life.The communist twins want to enforce their ideological and personal agenda even over dead bodies of the masses.Obviously they are playing their game behind the Presidency of S.S.If you follow all the conflicts between the NCP and the SPLA you wiil find always Arman/Pagan behind it!

The CPA is at its final stages, whatever problems we passed through it remains the biggest achievement of the people of Sudan.What is left is very little. Let us not ruin it by giving a chance to those who wants to pursue their own personal and idological agenda at the expences of the people of the large Sudan.
South Sudan and North Sudan will remain close togther, united or separated, we can not relocate any of them.People will continue mixing with each other irrespective to what politicians will do. Let us give them the chance to live in peace!

Kiir pledges issues of Khartoum protest to be resolved within Presidency 10 December 2009 07:15, by Antitribalism

Ali, you are too blind to see the authoritarian regime run by your uncle, Al-beshit. Protest is used worldwide as a way of publicly and forcefully making their opinions heard in an attempt to influence public opinion or government policy. SPLM and other opposite parties were not engaging in any violent riots that might cause a public disturbances but were expressing their frustration on CPA and laws related to election that are fundamental right to every human.
A little progress in addressing the actual causes of demonstrations had been made recently. This is because people demonstrated.
Honestly, self-expression should not be that hard in Sudan or easy NCP is worst that Taliban of Afghanistan.
- Kiir pledges issues of Khartoum protest to be resolved within Presidency 10 December 2009 07:41, by mohammed ali
  
  It remains a fact that you signed an agreement with this "authortarian regime" and my uncle Basheer and not with the opposition parties, and you are still part of this "authorterian regime", you like it or not!
  
  You have an agreement, you have either to abide by it or leave it.
  
  If these demonstration were peacful, Salva wouldn’t call for calm.You can’t stage a demonstration calling to overthrow the government of which you are a partener. This is anarchy, and this will lead to war!
  - Kiir pledges issues of Khartoum protest to be resolved within Presidency 10 December 2009 10:14, by Time1
    
    mohhamed
    
    The calm was called avoid further escalation and bring restrain on all sides, since NCP cannot face any democratic activity because they are use to only dictatorship, how was the demonstratyion going to overthrow the regime? the reation of the NCP was only a fair that the demonstration will undercover their lack of popularity within the Sudanese people, so they moved to stop it. Do you think NCP if it continue with its current policies will really help Sudan to be a better country in the future, even when south sudan seperates? i really doubt this.

Kiir pledges issues of Khartoum protest to be resolved within Presidency 10 December 2009 07:21, by Stephen Okot

NIF Caught right handed under the watchful eyes of SPLM! "This comes amid other signs that Bashir’s National Congress is set to move on a referendum law without consensus from Kiir’s SPLM."

This moves by NIF amounts to political coup that had failed due to poor planning and subsequently trying to escape from the political standoff by stealing the show. It seems NIF have run out of their Think Tank students; including Dr. Besir,Dr. Nafi, Dr.Taha, Dr.Lam Akol and Dr. Ismail.

Kiir pledges issues of Khartoum protest to be resolved within Presidency 10 December 2009 10:33, by Mohamed Pasha

Gatwech you are foolish all your comments have nothing to benefit everyone on this website, only supporting NCP malitia Riek do you think will help Southerners.

Thanks

Mohamed Pasha
- Kiir pledges issues of Khartoum protest to be resolved within Presidency 10 December 2009 11:30, by ajuscommando2
  
  Dear readers,
  
  The most important concern for the SPLM SG & DP SG was to achieved the right of Southerners and general Sudan population to be in peace. NCP is a major criminal party in Sudan as Bashir always denied the right of Sudanese and continue committing crime by harrasting ministers as he behave like drunk man. I do believe Kiir and his vice will do something and they will make that case to be investigate by a committee.
  
  Ajuscommando2
- Kiir pledges issues of Khartoum protest to be resolved within Presidency 10 December 2009 18:45, by Gatloth Gai
  
  Pasha,as you are muslim did you fight any war.
  
  I believe people like Mohamed Pasha,are those gulton,greedy,beggers,litrane`s cleaners and clothes washers in Khartoum and others twons in the north.
  Those convienced through unlawful religoin(Islam).
  Where are u living right now? u don`t know the activities of Dr.Riek in Sudan calling him malitia?
  
  When you are not the really liverator,shut up!!.

Kiir pledges issues of Khartoum protest to be resolved within Presidency 11 December 2009 05:07, by Gatwech

Dear readers,

There is no where in the whole world a president moves with the vice President to do the same thing. Even if they do different things they can never leave their capital together and move to another capital together. What if something happens to both of them? That is a foolish way of doing things and it indicates that Salva Kiir is a coward and can not go to Khartoum and stay even for a week there without Dr. Machar besides him. This is why his office is being occupied in Khartoum by Ali Osman. What they should have done is one of them go to Khartoum and when that person goes back to Juba, then the other person goes to Khartoum. This is how President and his Deputy do it in the world. You don’t move together and leave your seat alone.