Rumbek residents react to ICC decision
By Manyang Mayom
March 4, 2009 (RUMBEK) — The warrant of arrest against Sudanese President Omer Al-Bashir has led the Rumbek community to worry about the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) document signed in 2005 between the National congress party (NCP) and Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM).
Rumbek inhabitants stayed close looking direct into the television and accessing over the internet seeking for breaking news against President Omar Al-Bashir.
Citizens feel concern on how to protect the United Nation (UN) peacekeeping forces against the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF). UN peacekeepers in Southern Sudan are assumed to be safe because SPLA seems that it could lend support protection to the peacekeepers.
In the opinion of Mohamed Hassan, a businessman in Rumbek market, Bashir’s crimes are his own crimes that should not affect the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). He has that right to face the International Criminal Court (ICC) because he executing killing campaigns in Darfur and in Southern Sudan before the CPA document, said Hassan.
“Nowadays, the campaigns of killing are over and court of accountability must take shape,” said Hassan. “The commanders of Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) had committed more crimes and those who where implementing the crimes think that they are beyond laws but one must not escape the justice.”
However, an SPLA officer said that the protection of the UN peacekeepers in Southern Sudan will be okay but those in Khartoum and Darfur are targets that need serious protection. He viewed the criminal charges placed upon Bashir as the man’s own.
Thousands of Rumbek inhabitants whose relatives stay in Khartoum are staying in a fearful atmosphere because they feel that there will be no protection to their people in Khartoum from Bashir’s allied security forces.
In consequence of the ICC decision that was announced at 4 o’clock Sudanese local time, there were more security SPLA cars and pickups lined up in Rumbek market but their reason for standing inside the market was unknown.
Furthermore, the SPLM Lakes State Secretariat office held a joint meeting on Wednesday with members of the National Congress party in the SPLM office in Rumbek for the first time since a struggle in the parliament involving NCP members and SPLM members.
According to Lakes State SPLM Secretary, Samuel Mathiang Keer, there must be no protest against the ICC decision of the indictment to President Omer Al-Bashir—an order from the SPLM leadership in Juba.
“We have to respect the ICC decision… If anyone likes to protest at the grassroots level about ICC decision, it is unacceptable,” said Keer.
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Maruon Ayiei
Rumbek residents react to ICC decision
They might be “nuts” if that the only they should be worried about. Al Bashir is a fugitive period. Move on Southerners. He is Toothless and in cage.
Freedom Fighter
Rumbek residents react to ICC decision
I fully understand why they are worry for their love ones in Khartoum. One of the reasons I think is because they are well aware of ruthlessness and inhumane nature of Omer Albashir which they experienced first hand over the last 21 years of war. Another reason contributed to their confusion is the lack of information and general enlightment which their local SPLM failed to provide them with. Both SPLM Secretary general Mr. Pagan Amum and his dupty for Southern sector Mrs. Ann Itto need to know that runing a party requires more than making political statements and delivering lectures.
Mr Famous Big_Logic_Boy
Rumbek residents react to ICC decision
ALL the tears which are being shed by junglese (dinkas) are not part of CPA, it is opposite to CPA. If they believe that the arrest will break the CPA why not other communities in South, it’s because they are the shareholders of this CPA while the other communities are stakeholders? To me big No to whatsoever they are hiding behind the umbrella of CPA, it is clear and open that junglese are arabs cousins, some even are being oraginsed to work in servant company in North by their own community. The entire of junglese are two heart individuals one in South and another in north. Both this hearts are for earning food and loating money. Just go to Khartoum you will see that 80% of those dinkas who are living there are all serviving through slavery work calling the arabs their masters in terms of respect in their relationship.
Junglese community why don’t you learn from Equatorians, dig for yourself and your family to stop you from staring at someone’s property. Arrogance is your pride, this is why you are always being used like donkeys by arabs and still enjoying the laborious life you are lving under arabs regulation. This is why in South junglese is 75 % Islamic compared to Equatoria which might be 0.5% or 1 %. See yourselves, Mohamed Hassan is from north to buy your kids and ladies, even using some within your community within your own state of jungle, not a shame on your lost community. It is hard to explain your own future, I do have the whole vision of your community but i can’t tell. Just live your lives and enjoy your relation whether it is positive or negative. However you must stop going opposite to the real direction. This madness and wildnes of your community need proper attention from the wise community, but for now i will leave you under murle and nuer since it is not a serious case that requires our help of GREATER EQUATORIANS.
Chol Manyiel
Rumbek residents react to ICC decision
Mr reporter, your report would have been very nice if you would have not used the word ‘react’in the heading of your report. You would have also put ‘react negatively’ or ‘react positively’ towards ICC decision but saying react towards ICC decision is un-understandable. I was shocked when read the heading of your report but when I read the full article, I was relieved.
Reaction towards ICC decision may likely has this contents; violence,demonstration, looting and protestation which neither of them has happened here in Rumbek. So next time you need to review your reports properly by replacing uncomely words with comely words before posting it to the websites so that people should understand what you are reporting.
The right term you have to use is the word ‘worry’ if it is necessary according to how you picked what you are reporting.
kidit
Rumbek residents react to ICC decision
I am absolutely mum about the nature of the people of South Sudan. Instead of insulting each other on tribal lines, we should ask ourselves, why the world really dislikes us? the so called Darfur war is just 3 years old and only 300,000 died, whereas, southern Sudanese people have been dying since 1955; almost 4,000,000 death and there has no fierce reaction as it’s right know with Darfurian benign case.CPA was supported by some countries becuase we where at the strong position. Let us think about this carefully before we throw here and there some uncivilized words.