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South Sudan lawmaker rules out Sudan’s disintegration
- 3 April 2024
- In News, Politics, South Sudan
April 2, 2024 (JUBA) – A South Sudanese legislator has refuted reports and analyses about the current situation in Sudan, with some concluding that a prolonged war could disintegrate the country.
Atem Garang de Kuek, former deputy speaker of the national legislative assembly in Sudan refuted that Sudan will disintegrate but will experience disorder and breakdown.
The legislator, a member of the ruling party (SPLM) said he knows certain areas in Sudan whose culture and activities are inspired by disorder and breakdown will cause instability which will extend to South Sudan but this does not mean Sudan will disintegrate.
“If there is disorder, break down in the security, in the economy and you name it, Sudan will not be stable and we shall never be stable. And this is why I say, the political force in South Sudan, themselves are they cooperating? Let’s leave the government there because the government wants to work alone but you the political force who have been disadvantaged, pushed to the complaining segment of the society and power, have you sat down and said let us do this and unite behind the case of Sudan? If you do it, the government will then extend its hands. I am sure the government will not refuse”, Atem explained.
He continued, “There is a political force with strategic thinking, they exist in this country. If there is a political opportunity to participate in finding a solution to the case of Sudan, around cooperation with the government and political systems or center of strategic thinking that exists in the country. We have a lot of problems in this country. The perception with the people, our government if you make a center for strategic thinking, it is assumed it is a center for opposition. If you research the people, say, traditional leaders, what is their opinion of the government, they will British were even better than them. they say this is politics and this is what ordinary people are saying”.
Atem was speaking during a discussion bringing together politicians from South Sudan who have served in the former government of national unity during the transitional period before secession in 2011.
The discussion moderated by a South Sudanese independent journalist Mathiang Cirrilo was held in Juba.
It was meant to explore ways to and ideas from politicians, journalists, opinion leaders, academics, activists, and senior citizens who had served in Sudan and know individuals in the current political groups, either those in the military, paramilitary rapid support forces, or with civilian politicians currently pushing for a resolution of the country through peaceful dialogue.
It is one of a series of dialogues about Sudan initiated by South Sudanese journalists and activists. It is meant to coalesce efforts aimed at finding a solution to the conflict in Sudan whose prolonged situation is widely seen as having a direct impact on the economic, security, and political situation in South Sudan, a country relying on oil exported through Sudan to the international market.
(ST)