Shilluk Congress calls for replacement of Sudan SPLM SG
Shilluk International Congress (SIC)
Shilluk Community Calls For Replacement of Pagan Amum
Press Release
October, 4th, 2007 — The Shilluk community is appealing to members of SPLM’s leadership council to nominate a Secretary General who would contribute positively to the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). Our community welcomes the democratization process commences by the SPLM party which led President Kiir to allow the SPLM’s leaders to contest for the post of Secretary General. What is currently taking place within the SPLM would lead South Sudan to enjoy multi-party democracy.
Since the national interest of the South takes precedent over tribal interest or loyalties, our community has taken a courageous position to advise SPLM members to nominate somebody other than Pagan Amum Ukech. The South Sudan national interest is more important than Shilluk’s tribal loyalty. Since his nomination as the SPLM’s Secretary General after the demise of Dr. John Garang, Mr. Pagan Amum has demonstrated administrative weaknesses, political blunders and erratic behaviors.
Mr. Amum’s leadership is marked by unethical and emotional outbursts which caused a lot of damages to the SPLM party in the North. He is known in the Arabic Media as inconsistent politician who breathes out racial insults against the Arab minority in Sudan. He is also known as irresponsible drinker who does not conduct himself well in Bars. In 2006, he was seen losing his balance after imbibing Mr. Johnny Walker. There are also credible reports that he doesn’t go to work in the morning because of staying out late with female friends.
In addition to his personal and psychological troubles, he is known to attacking the National Congress Party unprofessionally. It is one thing for the SPLM’s Secretary General to call for NCP to implement the CPA. It is something else for him to use words that would lead Northern Sudanese to think that SPLM is a racist party. Pagan Amum’s unethical outbursts have brought more damages to the credibility of the SPLM in the North than the NCP’s propaganda. If the SPLM’s members want the party to win election in the North, they need to nominate a Secretary General other than Pagan Amum.
As the community that wants the South to go forward, we call upon members of the SPLM’s leadership Council to apply their wisdom in nominating a right candidate irrespective of his tribe. It is better for SPLM to have a Secretary General who is a Dinka than a Shilluk who scares Northerners away. There will be election in 2009 and the SPLM needs northern Sudanese in order to win election in the country. Any individual who chases northern Sudanese away is more dangerous than the SPLM’s adversaries.
For Contact:
Secretariat of Shilluk International Congress
[email protected]
Gatluak Latjor
Shilluk Congress calls for replacement of Sudan SPLM SG
Well, this press release is a prove that the Shilluk international congress (SIC) may have misjudged the current sudanese political atmosphere.Recently, Mr.Pagan Amun was more concerned about stating some truth pertaining to the chronic unhealthy co-existance among the sudanese communities. He did this in some of the events made in khartoum ,and which were much covered by the sudanese media.In these events, Amum pointed out that the “Jalabas” are the only ones responsible for all the ills inflicted on the marginalize northern and southern Sudaneses. Pagan’s assertion that Bilad el Sadan belongs to its really people, the blacks,and that there is a small group(the Jalaba )trying to create a nation(Jalaba nation) within Bilad el sudan, is a plain fact that must be accepted by the Jalaba. It is not racims,but pure fact.Amun should continue preaching this facts in the sudan. Southerners should not please Jalaba by hiding facts about them. In my view Jalaba(Arabs) should only be allowed to do commerce in Sudan ,but not to rule it.They have failed so far.
Gatluak Latjor.
[email protected]
Toposa Boy southerner
Shilluk Congress calls for replacement of Sudan SPLM SG
Best S.S MR Pagan Amum Ukech is the best men we have in south Sudan his the only one fighting for the southerners there for we all love him very much thanks
Dergur David
Shilluk Congress calls for replacement of Sudan SPLM SG
Hell No!
Pagan Amum is doing the right things in South. It will be a big mistake if Salva Kir listen to those ” South Sudanese’ Arab spies.” Those Shiluk Congress are fully employed by the Arab North to obtain secret information and use them against those who doesn’t favor Arabs’ influence. Hell to them, hell to Shiluk Congress, and hell to whoever doesn’t like Pagan Amum. Mr. Amum is doing great and there is nothing that will intimidate him from his post.
Dergur David