Congress of South Sudanese Patriots: A back-up call for Barnaba Marial’s sacking

For Immediate Release: A back-up call for the sacking of the South Sudanese Foreign Affairs Minister, Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin

By Dak Buoth, Nairobi, Kenya

March 24, 2016 (SSB)  —-  Our attention was drawn to the recent discriminating statement uttered by foreign Affairs Minister Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin, wittingly and ignorantly referring to the native people of Abyei (Dinka Ngok) as foreigners in South Sudan. The Minister’s hostile and flippant manner in which he address the protracted and disputed issue of Abyei people have attracted the ‘ire’ of south Sudanese of all walk of life and across political divides. We believe such vulgarity represent the pinnacle of disrespect to the South Sudanese populace and the Abyei community at large.

Barnaba Marial Benjamin’s political gaffe that cost him his ministerial position

By Ring Mayar, Canberra, Australia

Marial Benjamin, minister for foreign affairs and international cooperation, with Philip Aguer Panyang, SPLA spokesperson

March 24, 2016 (SSB)  —-  Barnaba Marial’s hegemonic grip on South Sudan Foreign Affairs has confounded nearly every political professional. But it is doubly vexing confrontation with Deng Alor brought him down by infamous gaffe. Many South Sudanese scrambled on social media trying to make sense of it all.

Barnaba Marial was the most renowned and well known South Sudan Foreign Affairs Minister, who became own political victim, suddenly and infamously, after his short circuited meeting in office in Juba, while denouncing Deng Alor’s South Sudan citizenship and heritage linkage to South Sudan. Marial took foxier tactic tact in response to his political embarrassment when confronted by the media in Juba. Marial was leery to even look down the rabbit hole when asked by journalists.