Press Release
To: South Sudanese World Wide
From: The Texas SPLM Office in Opposition
Dear Fellow South Sudanese;
Sept 15, 2014(Nyamilepedia) — In the last eight months we have been on the trail of the tragedy that stroked our country in December 15, 2013 to reach an informed decision. We did our homework to know the causes of the tragic event and concluded that there was no coup, but rather a “Consolidation of Power” and a conspiracy to block Dr. Riek Machar from contesting the presidency in 2015 and purge the rest of his group from political activities.
The coup was a “Bloody Lie” but the innocent Dr. Machar was demonized all over the country and the world by the President and his government. What was Dr. Machar’s crime? Was it asking for reforms inside the SPLM Party or asking for Democracy?! The bloody lie brought foreign troops into the country to kill South Sudanese. The fabricated coup cost the South Sudanese people especially the Nuer community tremendous suffering and loss of lives in thousands.
Since the Bloody Lie, the country had been in crisis and the crisis has become a national concern and no longer limited to Kiir and Machar, or Nuer vs Dinka. Instead it is now a fight against the dictatorship of Salva Kiir and his henchmen. The lack of confidence in the government and the loss of trust among the people of South Sudan are now endangering the unity of our new country. The establishment of dictatorship and Somalization of South Sudan is in the making. Like Somalia, tribes in South Sudan are arming themselves for survival and self-defense. Instead of our government creating a peaceful environment to help South Sudanese people outgrow tribalism and promote “One nation and one people” as they lied on SSTV, the government is turning the clock back to “Tribal South Sudan”. Sadly, the President of the Republic of South Sudan himself, asked the Dinkas of Lakes State to not fight among themselves but rather to fight their enemy, the Nuers!!!
We the members of the SPLM Chapter in the State of Texas have been hoping and praying since 2011 for the SPLM-led Government of South Sudan and the SPLM Party to improve and reform to realize the dreams of the patient people of South Sudan. We have been the apologists and been hoping against hope, but we can’t continue doing this anymore. The Kiir-led Government and Party are becoming dangerous and are endangering all the gains that South Sudanese had achieved through huge sacrifices. We are hereby denouncing the leadership of Salva Kiir and pledging our allegiance to the SPLM-in-Opposition under the leadership of Dr. Riek Machar, our hope for a Free, Just, Federal and Democratic South Sudan.
Why shift allegiance?
The indomitable people of South Sudan waged a half century “Liberation War” at a huge cost of 3.5 million martyrs for Liberty, Justice and Dignity. We did not sacrifice so much to replace a master with another master, nor an oppressor with an oppressor. We did not come this far to put up with a self-centered genocidal government that exterminate anyone perceived as a threat to its hold on power.
Under the leadership of Salva Kiir, misgovernment and excessive crimes are committed against the people of South Sudan including murder, torture, rape, looting government coffers, robbing properties of minority groups with an unprecedented impunity. Nobody is safe or beyond the reach of the National Security forces. Night break-ins, armed robberies and killings are in play every night.
The SPLM elites are making themselves rich by looting the government coffers. The SPLA commanders and their armies of bodyguards are terrorizing the citizens and violently grabbing ancestral lands from the defenseless villagers. Their reason, “we liberated you so we can do with you as we wish”. Real freedom fighters shouldn’t expect to be paid or rewarded for their principled stand against injustice. If freedom fighters are to be paid, how about starting with our martyrs who paid the ultimate sacrifice? All these crimes are happening under the leadership of Salva Kiir and he is doing nothing about it.
We the new Texas SPLM-in-Opposition Chapter will be the voice of the defenseless and suffering people of South Sudan. Our voice will be capable of conveying the true wishes of our masses without being intimidated by Dictator Salva Kiir and his security apparatus.
We will stand and pursue the following to the bitter end:
- Liberty, justice, equality, dignity, and the unity of South Sudanese people.
- Forcing Salva Kiir and his followers to step down and make way for the formation of an Impartial and Representative Interim Government.
- Establishing a Democratic Federal System of Governance. A path for a just, secure, law abiding, developed and peaceful South Sudan where the agenda is controlled and dictated by the people.
- Respect for fundamental human rights and freedoms of the individual, tolerance and coexistence of the culturally diverse South Sudanese tribes.
Despite the current horrendous crisis, the suffering people of South Sudan will prevail over Salva Kiir’s Dictatorship. We the SPLM-in-Opposition will rise to meet this national challenge and shall become the guiding model for the rest of Africa. When we said a “Liberation War” we meant every word to the letter – we will fight to be free or die trying. It is divine, “Good will always conquer Evil” and justice will prevail in South Sudan.
Long live the indomitable people of South Sudan!
Long live the Federal Republic of South Sudan!
Long live the SPLM-in-Opposition and its Leadership!
May God bless Dr. Riek Machar with wisdom and courage to lead South Sudan out of this dark tunnel!
The struggle continues, and victory to the people of South Sudan!
Signatories:
- John Paulino Lado, Chairperson
- Gatjang Matai Deng, Deputy Chairperson
- Alphonse Kenyi, Secretary General
- David Mai Tang, Deputy Secretary General
- James Ruach Dual, Secretary for Finance
- Alice Oreste, Deputy Secretary for Finance
- Charles Deng, Secretary for Information and Mobilization
- Daniel Lolik, Deputy Secretary for Information and Mobilization
- Mary Juma Sestilio, Secretary for Women Affairs
- Mary Lungu, Deputy Secretary for Women Affairs
- Gabriel Shallbreak, Secretary for Youth Affairs
- Mele Becu Pitia, Deputy Secretary for Youth Affairs
- Paul Biel Bichiok, Secretary for Crisis Management
1 comment
you guys in texas sucks you supporting something you don’t know wyh you guys shut hell up and do you what you have to do