By Dak Buoth- Chairman,
Congress of South Sudanese Patriots
Nairobi, Kenya
April 28th, 2016(Nyamilepedia) —– We welcome the rumors circulating on social media that Western Equatora Governor Joseph Bakosoro has been release from prison yesterday. He was detained incommunicado without charges since last year 22nd 12, 2015. His detention without trial infringed on is right to fair tail under South Sudan transitional constitution.
His unlawful arrest and the kind of mistreatments we heard he was subjected to was regrettable. Insiders from credible sources revealed earlier that he was severely torture; and that his captors held him in solitary confinement, harass and beaten him constantly. This is contrary to the International law that bans torture completely. Any form of cruel and degrading treatment is outlawed under section 74 of the international convention on civil and political rights.
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This is grievous attempt by the ruling SPLM government in Juba to intimidate and curb our freedoms, an attempt to censor our thoughts and to forcefully contain our ideas. Unbeknown to them is that we are free people. And thus, no amount of intimidations will let them achieve their traitorous objective. They want us to be accepting their deceits by instilling passive culture of fanaticism.
We shall remain defiant; we shall not allow them to trample on our inalienable freedoms that we fought and aspire for. If our country must exist or if we want our people to coexist harmoniously, than this prevalent and pervasive culture of violating human rights with impunity must too be withdrawn.
The handlers of SPLM regime in Juba must now heed the call to retract and do that which is expected of them in this so-call transitional government; failure to do so, it mean we are headed for further disharmony in the country.
Goverrnor Bakosoro does not deserve to be jail without trail. What they did to him was not known to law. No one should be jail unlawfully and deny access to justice for such long period whether s/he acted in contravention of law or not.
This archaic behavior has made us become worried and highly alarm always. Imagine if someone of Bakosoro stature can be degraded, dehumanized and subject to mental and physical anguish without breaching any law, it shows other ordinary or common citizens are just dead men walking. It means we are treading on sinking ship waiting to slide into abyss.
Govornor Bakosoro’s detention without trial tells us clearly that we are rule by autocratic regime that portrays total disregard for the rule of law and constitutionalism. With this regard, the South Sudanese citizenry must join hands and say enough is enough otherwise we shall soon be in for a rude shock.
Those torturers who find lust in encroaching on fellow citizens’ fundamental rights must not be allowed to advance further. We must raise our voices louder and change our complacency into combativeness in defense of our country glory.
In show of solidarity, we say sorry to the Governor Joseph Bakosoro, his family, citizens of greater Equatoria and the country at large. It was very uncouth to subject a very senior and elected national leader to torture for no legitimate reason at all. We know he did not commit an offence that could lead to this humiliation, and therefore his arrest was illegal worth condemning. Governor Joseph Bakosoro was arrested simply because he refused to be conscripted to Government shenanigans and to conspire against the downtrodden. He was arrested for remaining steadfast and for staying true to the cause of the people of South Sudan.
We are not naïve to congratulate his captors and torturers if it’s true that he was released yesterday. Releasing Joseph Bakosoro perse is not a victory but mere relief to us. We ask Governor Baksoro to file law suit against the state seeking compensation. we hope the High court will find it in its wisdom to order the South Sudan Government to pay him damages for the ill-treatment he incurred while in prison.
We believe all inmates in South Sudan are innocent, and they should all be released with immediate effect. The offenders whom they caught red handed committing offences are either kill on spot or executed forthright in their torture chamber.
We call on all patriotic South Sudanese who were arrested unlawfully in Juba to narrate their ordeals in writing after they are release from Prison. Later when the judicial institutions are reformed, you will all be awarded compensation either by hybrid court or South Sudan high court.
Yours affectionately
The author, Dak Buoth, is the Chairman of Congress of South Sudanese Patriots eligodakb@yahoo.com
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1 comment
Excellent news. The questions are many
1. Who has command authority over the people who “kidnapped” the Governor?
2. Why was he arrested in the first place, and who ordered this?
3. Who is preventing the Governor from access to media?
4. The Governments silence on the matter is disturbing (to say the least)
5. When will he be re instated into his former Office as a duly elected official (as opposed to the cronies appointed against the will of the people by unconstitutional Presidential Decrees. One notes in this context that the constitutionally required 90 days to elect a new Governor long since has passed. As is the case for the 10 constitutional states of the Republic of South Sudan (not to mention the other 10-20 or whatever states which resulted by the whims of the holder of the decree book last year.
They say that when a country has a an office of National Security, then there is NO national Security. Only an abusive system surpressing the truth, burning people, books and journalists on the same evil fire. And the horror is that these offences takes place in a blatant violation of the Constitution of South Sudan (such as it is). No one is above the law or the constitution. No one.
Perhaps the most vitriolic proponents of constitutional abuse should “expel themselves”. For most South Sudanese they are (and have been for a long time) Persona Non Grata. Perhaps this could result in media being able to do their normal jobs, reporting whatever happens to the citizens of the Republic – warts and all. And end to the white washing of bad news (of which there are an abundance).