Messeriya tribe calls on President Bashir not to sign Abyei referendum law
January 3, 2010 (JUBA) – Representatives of the Messeriya tribe in Abyei have called on the President of the Republic, Field Marshal Omer Hassan Al-Bashir not to sign the recently endorsed Abyei referendum law, saying it should be returned to the parliament for further discussions.
The parliament on Wednesday passed the law amid protest from the representatives of the Messeriya tribe, which described the law as a “conspiracy” against their ethnic group.
The Messeriya bloc in the National Assembly walked out of parliament before the endorsement of the bill, arguing that the tribe was not mentioned by name in the law to vote in the Abyei referendum together with Dinka Ngok.
A leading member of the tribe Abdel Rusul Al-Nur on Saturday explained the move against the bill, adding that the Messeriya would do every thing they could to hinder its implementation.
“This law must go back to the parliament and we appeal to the President of the Republic not to sign the law because it was endorsed in a decision by which we will not recognize the law; and we will not deal with it and we will seek every means to enable ourselves to annul this racial and bias law,” he said.
The parliament earlier passed other two laws for Southern Sudan referendum and popular consultations for Southern Kordofan and Southern Blue Nile states.
None of the three bills passed by the parliament has been signed into law by the President of the Republic.
(ST)
Dinka Boy
Messeriya tribe calls on President Bashir not to sign Abyei referendum law
Dear Messeriya tribe,
You have to know that the bill is gone.
This Basheir has been criminal long time ago,but you guys fail to understand the politics while he is using your tribes to attacked Southern Sudan in larger number.
Darfurians too were used aganist Southerners.
Now bashier govt is not care about you,but his govt is after oil not land,and also not care about people.
Thanks
Akot Deng
Messeriya tribe calls on President Bashir not to sign Abyei referendum law
there is no reason of resisting the bill by the mere messeirya cattle keepers you have come here 45 years ago to look for pasture but not acquisition of southern land from indigiounes people so you should refram the nature of the bill has no room for amendment,in an related view your threatening words can not shake us we are known for that come what may.
Kur
Messeriya tribe calls on President Bashir not to sign Abyei referendum law
Threat of war will not help these dogs. Abyei is a Dinka land and the Messirya must know that they cannot stop us from taking what belongs to us. Go to hell with your nonsense.
Wed Deng
Messeriya tribe calls on President Bashir not to sign Abyei referendum law
Those messeriya if they don’t want Bashir to sign Abyei referendum law, they can leave the land because Bashir is not after peolple,land but he is afetr Oil.Bashir is now decease, death person only that he is not yet taken to the burial but he will be.
WRITER IS NGOR DENG MATEM
Daniel Juol Nhomngek Geech
Messeriya tribe calls on President Bashir not to sign Abyei referendum law
MESSERIYA HANDS OFF ABYEI
I call upon Messeriya to take their hands off Abyei. Abyei is for the Southerners not for the north. Whether they like it or not it belongs to Southerners and it is ordained by God, Land of the Blacks!!!