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Is South Sudan’s Referendum Up For Sale?
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“The referendum will be stolen by the SPLM; We will not accept that,”
Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin.
By: Luk Kuth Dak, USA
JULY 01/2010, SSN;
You better believe it. Now, virtually, Khartoum, the capital of the
Sudan has turned out to be the potential destination for those greedy
people who seek to cash in for opposing the referendum and the right of
the people of South Sudan for self-determination, which would be
decided- supposedly- in the general referendum in 2011.
What else to explain
Khartoum’s harboring of all the enemies of the people of South Sudan,
both domestic and foreign, that it has now become the undisputed
“Automated Teller Machine” (ATM) capital of the world, not only for the
well-known terrorist organizations like Hamas and al Qaiada, but also
the regime’s Southern golden boys accomplices headed by the disgraced
kingpin of betrayal, Dr. Lam Akol, Purported Professor, David de Chand,
Pharmacist, Riek Gai Kol, Mr. Ali Tamim Fartak, to name but a very few.
Thus, if you examine
their names very carefully, you will find out that some of them have
never really had any career, or have any other tangible sources of
income that would justify the amounts of wealth that they have now
accumulated in a blink of an eye. So the question that lingers whenever
their names are mentioned is, where then the money surfaced from,
especially in a country where 90% of its citizens live bellow poverty
line?
The answer to that
legitimate question is, the National Congress Party (NCP) of tyrant
fugitive President Omer Hassan Ahmad al Basher. This is not just my
opinion; complete strangers have felt the need to assure me of that.
Consequently, the regime is really in a desperate situation, and it will
never hesitate to spend whatever money it takes to bribe just about
anybody and everybody, who is willing help them achieve their goals.
It’s so true also that those NCP pit bulls cannot comprehend or
entertain just the thought of losing the oil revenue, which has allowed
them- in the first place- to cement their grasp on the power for over
two long decades and counting.
Therefore, it would
be too naďve and indeed presumptuous for anyone to think that somehow
the NCP’s wolfs would willfully and honestly allow the South to have its
way in deciding its future in the up-coming referendum in 2011. Truth
is, no easy road to travel. Therefore the only obvious choice we have is
to keep on fighting until our independence emerges.
Honestly, I want
nothing to do with the NCP’s “ Southern golden boys” nor should any
other genuine South Sudanese out there. They are too toxic to have
around, particularly at this critical juncture in the history of our
nation. We should not reward those thieves by letting them anywhere near
us, because their evil acts are contagious, heartbreaking and divisive
to say the least.
But that’s not all!
As I mentioned in my
previous article “ Is Sudanese unity beyond repair?” the epidemic virus
of getting rich at the expense of over half a century of sacrifices by
the brave sons and daughters of South Sudan, has now reached far beyond
the borders of Sudan. It attracted even some heads of foreign countries
and regional organizations such as dictator Iasias Afewerki of Eritrea,
the Chadian tyrant, President Idriss Debby and of course, not to
mention the top African Union Chief.
In his recent visit
to the Egyptian capital, Cairo, Mr. Debby not only wasted no time to
reiterate his firmed opposition of the referendum and the independence
of South, but took it upon himself to become the spokesman for his
mentor Omer al Basher after whom he named on of his beloved children.
“ It will be a total
disaster for all of Africa, if South Sudan is allowed to break away from
the mother Sudan,” he wailed with a faked sadness to the Egyptian media.
… Said Plato “ I
shall assume that your silence gives consent,” Plato.
The most ironic and
intriguing thing in all of this betrayal campaign by Debby and Afewerki
is that it has been met with an absolute silence by the leadership of
The Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement (SPLM). Perhaps because the SPLM
thinks that silence alone will ultimately break down the will of those
two ruthless tyrants and return to their previously well- documented
heroic stances in support of South’s right for self-determination.
Big mistake. Like al
Basher, the only language that they understand is confrontation.
You literally have to stand up tall in their faces and tell them to cut
out this nonsense. After all, who needs a friend with whom you cannot
even count on in the time of need?
Keep the faith.
The author’s a
Sudanese journalist and former anchorman at Juba radio. He can be
reached at Lukedak@hotmail.com
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