SPLM Kiir to run for president in Sudan 2009 elections
July 26, 2008 (JUBA) — The Arabic Al-Jazeera news channel reported that the chairman of the Sudan People Liberation Movement (SPLM) decided to run for president in the upcoming 2009 elections in Sudan.
Kiir candidacy comes amidst a row between Khartoum and the International Criminal Court (ICC) whose prosecutor is seeking an arrest warrant for Sudan president Omar Hassan Al-Bashir.
The ICC’s prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo asked pre-trial judges last week to issue arrest warrants for Sudanese president Omar Hassan Al-Bashir.
Ocampo filed 10 charges: three counts of genocide, five of crimes against humanity and two of murder. Judges are expected to take months to study the evidence before deciding whether to order Al-Bashir’s arrest.
Kiir who is also the 1st Vice President of Sudan, has called for suspension of the ICC indictment by the UN Security Council (UNSC).
“There is no need rushing to take the Sudanese president to the ICC” Kiir told reporters late on Tuesday during a trip to Uganda.
Earlier this month Sudan’s parliament approved the elections law under terms of a 2005 peace deal which ended a north-south civil war and changed the way wealth and power are shared.
More than 2 million people died and 4 million were displaced in Sudan’s north-south conflict, which is separate from continuing violence in the western Darfur region, where international experts believe more than 200,000 people have died 2.5 million been left homeless by five years of conflict.
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Joseph Yeye
SPLM Kiir to run for president in Sudan 2009 elections
This is the right time for Sudanese citizen to exercise their rights and chose someone who is responsible to be the next presedent of this coutry. We don’t like this criminal, Al Bashir who came to power by force. We don’t want a presedent who kills citizens of his Country. Very soon stupid minded people like his vice Taha will follow him to the huge.
Moe Montana
SPLM Kiir to run for president in Sudan 2009 elections
Vice President Silva Kiir is wise, he cares about the UNITY of the Sudan. Also, i feel him running shows that Sudan shall become more of a democracy! In addition, i liked his stance with the north. I believe Sudan has the potential to be the Greatest and wealthiest country in Africa. Also, Al Bashier is an amazing leader (God Bless him)!
As for the ICC, America doesn’t believe in them, and the ICC are hypocrites! From a legal perspective, Sudan is not part of the ICC thus can not be touched similar to the USA, India and China.
We internally as a people need to stop this hatred of each other fuled by our past colonialists!
The Nubians whom now speak arabic, the Darfour tribes whom the majority speak arabic and our african speaking brothers and sisters are one. We are a great people, from Denka, to the Fur to the nuba. Our history is Great and Greatness is HONOURED when mentioned with our people! We bow down to NO ONE but GOD, ALLAH.
Our figures from Al Mahadi, to the Sultan of the Denka to the Mc Nimir to the pharoes are nothing less than AMAZING! We started the idea of DEMOCRACY! ALMOST 2100 years ago before the concept of USA even came into existance!
The moment we realise that ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL UNDER GOD is the moment we become united. We become strong. We become leaders!
AND NOT FOLLOWERS!
GOD BLESS ALL OF SUDAN AND ITS PEOPLE AND MAY HE OPEN OUR HEARTS AND ALLOW US TO TOLERATE EACH OTHERS DIFFERENCES AS ITS THE DIFFERENCES THAT MAKE US A SPECIAL PEOPLE!
Amen!
Omer
SPLM Kiir to run for president in Sudan 2009 elections
This obviously a very welcome gesture by Kiir for the people of South Sudan, but do not get carried with yourselves.
Firstly Bashir is still extremely popular amongst Northeners for the MAJOR economic boom intiated by his contacts with foreign nations and major developments of infrastructure and also (though not reported) amongst the majority of Darfuris as was seen by his trip to Darfur the past week.
Kiir firstly is a former rebel who is responsible for serious war crimes against the Nuer Tribe and has no appreciation to the majority of Muslims in Sudan and seeing that Sudan is 70% Muslim, Kiir has no chance of getting their votes seeing as it is prohibited for Muslims to be ruled by a non Muslim.
Lastly, Kiir has hardly done anything to build the infrastructre of South Sudan, despite the 50/50 oil wealth sharing agreement.
Jur_likang a likan'g
SPLM Kiir to run for president in Sudan 2009 elections
What a wild dream! Is this what our loved ones died for? Short-lived political projects should not be thought of. As patriotic Southerners we stand for South Sudan, nothing more or less!
phillip o
SPLM Kiir to run for president in Sudan 2009 elections
It’s a good step mr. Kiir if you have the capability.Remember not to be incited by anyone because you walk like the president.Hungy Lions, Hayenas, Tigers,Leopards, etc want Mr.Antelope to run for president in the upcoming 2009 election in Sudan so that they can gobble him up.
If mr. Antelope could win the elecion and use all his wisdom to get rid of them like what Idi Amin did to notorious Indians in Uganda,the true Sudanese would be very grateful because I see no reason as to why part of our land should be given to the foreigners when they know where they came from.
Samuel Kuyee
SPLM Kiir to run for president in Sudan 2009 elections
We don’t care if Kiir Win the electoral as Preisdent of Sudan or NOT, becuase our objective is “Southern Sudan Nation” if Kiir win as president of Republic of Sudan there will be no complaint from southerners that we need self determination becuase we get what the world want, even the NCP (Northerners) will say “what they and we give them the president of Sudan”, for this reason we don’t want Kiir to win the electoral vote.
Africa
SPLM Kiir to run for president in Sudan 2009 elections
As a fellow Dinka with Kiir, I will not vote for cowardic marked head big dude who acheive nothing but cooperating with devil person so called Beshir who committed genecide to southerners before and now with Dafurian.
I can vote for Amum if he run for presidency because we need a brave man who react when necesary or seeing their people kill, like what heppened in Abyei when soldiers of devil guy called Beshir killing civillians. Kiir who surrounding himself with corruptioners people will not help south at all. They think that if they confront beshir like the way Amum did, they might lose money.
Kiir surrogats people hindering the development of south, especially road that can facilitates movement of food, medicines, reinforcement when there is fighting like whan happened in Abyei while back, and so on.
Kiir government treat southern sudan like fishing camp where you have special home somewhere else, and it is true that those ministeries who know where money come from and got most of it, had rent or bought very expensive house from other country. So, that country their economics is boom but our economic is fail because our money doesn’t circulates or recycling amoung ourselves.
And this will not let southern sudan get ride of craps around them such as in Juba.
Deng Abuk
Allaman Ikoilaman
SPLM Kiir to run for president in Sudan 2009 elections
Dear southerners,
I would like to thank you very much and especially those contributors in this website.
Kiir has expressed his readiness to contest for presidency to become hopefully the president of Sudan in 2009 polls.That is good of him. Again in 2011 southerners will be granted a chance to vote or self-determined themselves either to join or secede from north Sudan. My questions to all:
1.Assuming that by miracle Kiir, happens to win the next year’s elections and becomes the President of Sudan, who will then become the president of south Sudan?.
2. And again, southerners are going to vote for Separation and if they will succeed to form an Autonomous South, how would president Kiir work with all these conflicting interests?
3. What is really the stand of Kiir in regards to the coming 2011 Referendum?. I begin to wander what a confusion is going on in the south pertaining New Sudan, Right to self determination, Unity and so on blocks . Our leaders must be clear in what ever stand they together with the masses are aiming at ahead of time, through their policies than to leave people in quotes and dilema.
I sense danger or people will revisit CPA, to accomodate these forseerable conflicting matters of interest to favour some people at the expense of the poor masses or otherwise something must be done ealier before the mess.
I will be happy to get answers from you friends. Thanks
Ofonik Zachary
Juba, south Sudan
Gatnath
SPLM Kiir to run for president in Sudan 2009 elections
is Kiir joking or what? he going to be like what Beil Liel did last time, when he run for presidency!! why Kiir thinks that he can run Suudan, when he can’t even run the GoSS?? What example did he give to the Sudanese people to make a suitable candidate for presidency other than corruption?? I am not saying that he can’t be the president if he get there, but if the election will be democratic and the candidate well be elected in respect to his/his competency, who is going to elect him even within the Dinka community?? Kiir please give it up to competent person within SPLM, before you ruin the chance of SPLM to rule Sudan!! run if you just want to make a story but I am sure you know the outcomes very well indeed!! failure
Gatnath
SPLM Kiir to run for president in Sudan 2009 elections
is Kiir joking or what? it is going to be like what Beil Liel did last time, when he ran for presidency!! why Kiir thinks that he can run Sudan, when he can’t even run the GoSS?? What example did he give to the Sudanese people that willt make him a suitable candidate for the presidency, other than corruption??
I am not saying that he can’t be the president of Sudan if he get there, as Omer did through the coup, and now he is the president, but if this will be through democratic procedures and the candidate will be elected in respect to his/his competency, who is going to elect him (Kiir)even within the Dinka community?? Kiir please give it up to any competent person within SPLM, before you ruin the chance of SPLM to rule Sudan!! run if you just want to make a story but I am sure you know the outcomes very well indeed!! failure!!
Mijocque
SPLM Kiir to run for president in Sudan 2009 elections
It’s necessary for Salva Kiir to declare himself a candidate for 2009 general election provided he is a political party leader like others but declaring candidacy doesn’t mean one is hopefully going to win the polls but it’s good for him to place himself before the voters to be judge for what he has done because he has been in power since 2005.
The most controversial thing about Kiir ‘s candidacy is KIIR is a UNIONIST do Southern Sudanese support UNITY? if your answer is yes then go your way.One more other thing which seem twisted is the just concluded SUDAN CENSUS which indicate that SOUTH SUDAN is mere 10% 0f Sudan population but no one in the GOSS who denied the result,can’t you reckon that it’s another style designed by NCP to rigged the election.In another way Sudan may end up in power-sharing government which is the most common governance in Africa after election dispute like what happened in Kenya and the other one under way in Zimbabwe.
Finally the candidates are not known yet for South Sudanese to decide wether to vote for UNIONIST or SEPARATIST.