SPLM Chapters in Australia: An Open Letter to the SPLM Party leadership in Juba (Part 2)

An Open Letter from the SPLM Chapters in Australia, written and signed by the leadership team, and address to all SPLM Party Headquarters and secretaries in Juba, South Sudan

SPLM WHAT?

To:       His Excellency President of Republic of South Sudan,

            Chairman of SPLM Party,

           Secretary General of SPLM Party

           SPLM Party Interim committee,

Cc:       Vice President of Republic of South Sudan

             Council of Ministers in the Ministerial Portfolios,

              Secretary General of External relations,

Re: Open Letter to SPLM Party leadership – Juba

The SPLM Chapters leadership in Australia support the government efforts of being committed to peace, unity and security measures; applauded the creation of 28 states; and welcome the re-structuring of all secretariats in the SPLM Party.

November 14, 2015 (SSB)  —-  The SPLM Chapters in Australia had met and affirmed to add their voices to the current political and socio-economic dynamisms in the history of South Sudan. Martin Luther King, Jr. vividly once said history recorded that the greatest tragedy of social and political transition was not the strident clamour of the bad people, but the dead silence of the good people.  He added that what we would remember in the end is not only the bad words of the enemy, but also the dreadful silence of our close friends and allies.

We the leaders, the SPLM Chapter leaders in Australia, and on behalf of the members of SPLM Chapters in diaspora, would like to congratulate the president of Republic of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, the entire governing council of ministers, and general secretariats, for the signing of peace and stability with the SPLM-OI and G-10 stakeholders. We also believe that any problem, which has the beginning, has the end. Those human problems can be only best resolved by the local people who had been affected by those problems. The country had been in the lockdown for long, and the nature of political differences could be likened to the game of chicken – you bleak the eye first, and give in; or else the worst happens, and the grasses suffer. The South Sudanese people had seen the worst happened. The people desperately need unity, peace and security in the country. These are important phenomena, which allow the flourishing, and prosperity of human kinds and their societies.

The reunion of kleptocrats averts war, but enhances looting!

 When they disagree, they kill us; when they unite they loot our resources — Nhial Bol Akeen

By Sunday de John– Nairobi, Kenya.

SPLM chairman Salva Kiir (R) greets former SG Pagan Amum (L) as Riek Machar looks on, January 14, 2010

November 14, 2015 (SSB)  —-  The 35 months old dreadful conflict in South Sudan is coming to a halt with return of the top rebel leadership to the country. The conflict is getting attenuated with return of warlords for more loots.

There isn’t anything laughable in the current reunion, the mantra is obvious, reunion of kleptocrats isn’t a salvage to the demeaned innocent South Sudan populace.

The reunion is offering one more chance as a ploy by the clique to reaccumulate power, loot the public and reignite new war to rejuvenate their power quest and permanently the country shall remain in the status quo.

President Kiir will have to dismiss some of his ministers for peace to prevail

President Kiir should dismiss many ministers for the sake of Peace Agreement

By James Okuk, PhD, Juba, South Sudan

The monster in charge “I nearly kill that dude so that I can rule forever” The monster on the run “that dude nearly kill me and must step down so that I can rule” The big brother monster “you must talk or else sanctions” and Poor people of South Sudan! via Garang Bol FB

November 14, 2015 (SSB)  —  When Chapter One on Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU) as per August 2015 Agreement on Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan (ARCISS) gets implemented by the end of this year, many ministers and deputy ministers who are enjoying the privileges of power now will lose their positions and go home so that others who shall be favored by President Salva Kiir Mayardit could get appointed to fill the new posts for peace.

From an average calculation, the GRSS shall lose 25 Ministers from the current cabinet and only retain 6 while getting 13 new faces for TGoNU. That means more politicians shall be mourning the exit while fewer rejoice the entry.

According to the agreed power sharing formula the GRSS shall retain 53% Ministerial portfolios (16 Ministers) while South Sudan Armed Opposition shall be rewarded with 33% (10 Ministers); and the Former Detainees shall be awarded with 7% (2 Ministers) while Other Political Parties shall be thrown 7% of Ministerial portfolios (2 Ministers).