On Prof. David De Chand’s dismissal from SSUDA

OCTOBER.21, 2006

Press release

The last comment on Prof. David De Chand’s dismissal from SSUDA

With no surprise I have seen your reaction; then here is my last comment on this issue:

Instead of your coarse language, I ought to confine my writing to official business, in which, I have only used the word “unpredictable” repeatedly, as the most disturbing charge, that faded away my confident in dealing with you because being unpredictable is too dangerous, like being “unguided rocket” that could land on enemy and friendly forces alike. We as your friends felt insecure with the phenomena. For instance, you have violated the SSUDA constitution and its internal regulations because of the well known circumstances, connected to external factors around your own hovering world. Yet, you want others to comply with that as if you know what you are doing, when you do not. That is ridiculous enough because such attitudes could strip SSUDA from its genuine claim, of tolerance, dialogue and democratic reform. Moreover, these regulations should have been the one to govern the affairs of the party, including the change of the party leadership. But if you can not respect your own words, then, whom do you think will do so? However, we supposed to be sincere, careful and dedicated to our claim and performances, otherwise, we are not different from the people, whom we accused of being African Neo-colonialists. We must recognize that African problems, are governance problems, “miss transformation and misuse” of the governance. Contrary, you have created power struggle, similar to African neo-colonialism; because what you have done is a coup, the backbone of “African Neo-colonialism” Simply; it made your claimed democratic change to be voided. However, despite your poor judgment the common sense, still would tell anyone with a sound mind that no way for you to make a coup, when you have never led anybody?

In your article, there are too much claimed self grandeur as usual, but without “code ethic” it does not sound intellectual at all because being a PhD holder a lone, without positive contribution means nothing, in the world of logic and common sense, unless in your world of little professors. Your PhD looks like a fake or real diamond necklace, wore by a status-seeker lady; but, the diamond necklace itself does not change anything in lady’s conduct, but it is the conduct that matter a lot to her society. Despite your claim to be a Prof. yet, your language does not sound like one, thank God that I am not a professor, if that is how the professors should conduct themselves. I and others should have been professors, even a real one, and not your type, but that can not help our person that is why, we have sacrificed ourselves and time “no regret” in fighting the war for human dignity and freedom. Moreover, I believe a real professor should sound better than this, I know some of them; except the little professors, in which, I am not wishing to be one at all.

You have gone too far even by despising that I can not compare myself with you because you are a Professor and was an ambassador, shamelessly, without you recognizing that the rank of ambassador came as a fruit of my struggle; and other altruists who have given up their self promotion to the freedom and dignity of their people. To be accurate the peace that made you ambassador, was not signed by Washington DC street’s loiters, but by the freedom fighters. I couldn’t blame you because you have no sense to judge. Furthermore, this is more destructive to your category because you are painting other good southerners of your category with your dirty color.

Here is one or more of your good reasons, to think the way you are: First, it is a lack of natural wisdom in you, and secondly, under the current Nuer leadership crisis “specially among the refugees” caused by miss transformation, from Nuer traditional leadership to the modern leadership; specially, after 1927 the year that marked the end of the Nuer’ s resistant against the British rule, in Sudan; then the British forced the Nuer to send their kids to school; when the Nuer do not trust the British, as a result of more than twenty years of war. In addition, the Nuer was not convinced to abandon their traditional way of life; therefore, they have chosen to maintain their traditional leadership, instead of the modern one, which they knew nothing about. That is why, weaker kids with no natural qualities and ambitions were sent to school. Surprisingly, the weaker became the Nuer modern leaders, with education as the only quality. Now a day, that scenario is not working anymore because we have sent to school the natural quality that needed for the leadership, only to be improved by education. However, it is you to wake up, and not me. Specially, after the death of more than three million south Sudanese, and more than four million internally displaced persons, in addition, to more than 30 splinter political and armed groups, under PhDs holders. For a PhDs to be recognized as something special, it has be a uniting factor, and life affirming apparatus, or otherwise most of your PhDs are even worst than evil, with your minds spoiled by voided supernatural and superiority complex, that you are better than others. Moreover, you even failed to recognize that you had became ambassador under the leadership of the President El-Beshire, who is not a PhD holder, Field Marshal Gaafar el Numieri, and freedom fighters of Ret. L/Gen. Joseph Lagu, and L/ Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit. You need to think twice before speaking. Then how many Professors and ambassadors are there in Sudan, north and the South alike that have been led and are still being led by non PhD holders? Are you better than those novelists? You can from USA, how many scientists are being led by non PhD holders? As you know in the true state, the legislatives branch make laws, and judicial branch interpret laws, and the head of executive branch signs laws. That mean the head of nation is just a coordinator, supervisor, director and a controller.

You even gone further by dividing the Nuer people, whom you have destroyed their image, and name, by basing you negative political illusions in their name, declaring Nuer independent nation, you have harmed SSUDA as a party, by your irresponsible language. I have advised you so many times, but you could not listen, I have given up chasing a mirage.

You have talked about the Jikany Nuer people, intending to divide the Nuer, after you have divided the south, what are you after? Do not you know that I am from your Ayod descendent of Ding Gong Teny Kapel and Fangak in Paguir? Not to talk about Bentiu; where the rest of our family have remain, which means, if we can lead because we relate to people, then you can not be able to compete with me. Furthermore, if we can lead because we love our people and serve them, then there is no way for you to talk to me, using your rotten PhD, which did not change nothing in your character, instead it armed with illusion. In addition, if we can lead because we have the quality to lead, I have already tested it, even in your Fangak, and it is more than successful, when you did not spent even a single hour in serving our people, whom you do not know even. The leadership has something to do with quality, rights and duties. In which, I have fulfilled most of the requirements. But I am not there for leadership, the evident is earlier joining of the struggle in my younger age and without scale, every sound mind could understand that I and others were just sacrificing ourselves, in the serious business of fighting the war; however, for credibility I used to advise you not to attack L/Gen Salva Kiir, before we know his true color. Because if he can bring the freedom to our people; why not, we do fear to reject truth by others, whereby others would do the same to truth in our own terms.

I was just having no confident on my late leader Dr. John Garang whom I have taken seriously on his words and deeds, since the beginning of the movement, on issues of real concerns, that include the right of self-determination and the democratic foundation, by him as a father of the nation. When I do not doubt some of these issues under the current leadership; I could even claim to be a leader; because I have already tested my capability.

You have talked about influence, but without knowing how much we have done in mobilizing our people, before and during the war because you are a lost boy, but I am sorry, you can not be called a lost boy because those lost boys, are the real heroes, who have paid a dear price to the freedom of their people, only you can be called a foreigner, who have grown out side the country, and need to be exposed to the people and their culture. You should talk about the class room the job that you have chosen, despite the fact you are a little professor, when I am not a little commander in my job. The leadership that you are claiming, you lack its quality seriously, think about that, you do not know the people, you do not lead nothing, that is the reality, you do not have the quality to lead that is why, I can not allow you to destroy SSUDA, you do not have quality of judgment and accuracy, consistency, honesty and frankness; you lack dream to protect dream. I am not the best I can be challenged by so many people, whom I know some of them, and I can lose the game, but you can not be one of those.

You have mentioned, our working relationship for too long, but where in this world, a long time friend could not consult with his friend to disagree, because you did not talk to me if there any problem, instead, I have seen your letter in the media. Because I know you have sense I can not cut our personal relationship since I know your weakness, but no politic at all.

Regards

Cdr Biel Torkech Rambang

Chairman of SSUDA

P.O box 8961-00100, Nairobi, Kenya

Phone 0721-908-170

P. O Box 21276 Washington DC 20009

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