Machar says 2010 carries high hopes for Sudanese people
By James Gatdet Dak
January 4, 2010 (JUBA) – Year 2010 carries with it high hopes for the Sudanese people, says the second powerful man of the ruling party in the semi-autonomous Southern Sudan.
These include referenda laws for Southern Sudan and Abyei in addition to the bill on popular consultations for Southern Kordofan and Southern Blue Nile states.
Addressing a public rally in Bentiu, the capital of Unity state, Dr. Machar added that the year 2010 may also witness people’s victory through ballot boxes.
He told the rally that the April 2010 elections will make it possible for the people to choose their leaders in a democratic set up.
SPLM political party is racing with time to nominate its party candidates all over the country including the nominations for the post of president for both Khartoum and Juba.
Electoral Colleges are set up in each state to screen names of contestants to at least five. The political Bureau will finally pick one candidate for a single position based on certain criteria.
The party’s spokesperson, Yien Matthew Chuol, has said the Political Bureau will meet on Thursday this week to nominate candidates for the April 2010 general elections including for the presidency.
Dr. Machar further added that the SPLM has high hopes for the Sudanese people this year.
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Kim Deng
Machar says 2010 carries high hopes for Sudanese people
Dr. Riek,
Rom Wech Guur!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mr Famous Big_Logic_Boy
Machar says 2010 carries high hopes for Sudanese people
You are absolutely right Dr hero Riek, South Sudan has a great resolution of democracy transformation in 2010. I could see it by myself, However one of the highest threat that I could see is existence of insecurity. We need to deal with this evil more than any another case, arabs on their side are planning many trick of hiring Southerns to kill us. But if we are united to fight insecurity, we are ready for unity, democracy and peace.
New Year Message
Time for tribalism has gone, 2010 is not a time to generalise tribe or community instead of one person. It is time to focus on the real issue far from tribal criticism, political party criticism, leaders criticism, and very far from abuses or insults. We should also debate far from abuses of any single commenter on ST forum, to myself I want to be a man of tolerance, peace, responsbility, respect, forgiveness, love, unity and courage . It is time to get serious and work for the betterment of my nation South Sudan (New name). I didn’t change myself because of pressure or whatsoever, it could be my 2010 resolution. For now lets start new year with fresh mind and positive ideas that will improvement the managment of South Sudan, childish comments must be ignored. Some individual comment aggressively when they are defeated in debate, this spirit must be abandon. We are here to play a game ie you get defeated or you defeat others defends on the article and the extend of your debate, but don’t insult people. This is my new year message to ST viewers, contributors, pseuds, readers and editor.
murlescrewed
Machar says 2010 carries high hopes for Sudanese people
ya traitor! Certainly not your hopes because you have bloody hands and will never be forgiven. You are a political prostitute and an opportunist who try to use South independence as a political horse to your ambition. We Southerners never forgive traitors and there is always a time and place for making sure that you pay what you owe!
Bring it on little househelps!
Dinka Boy
Machar says 2010 carries high hopes for Sudanese people
Please don,t even attempting to look at the presidency of Juba, you should look at the presidency of Traitor/Khartoum.
The Best Generation
Machar says 2010 carries high hopes for Sudanese people
No need for giving up! Let the SPLM go a head!
Gatwech
Machar says 2010 carries high hopes for Sudanese people
Dear readers,
I do agree with Dr. Riek Machar. We should build on hopes we forsee because staying ‘hopeless’ is very dangerous for the future of this nation.
For those of you who tribally entertain calling Dr. Riek a traitor, please define for us what qualifies one to be a traitor because the word is being misused.
I know that when a conscious person wants to leave a group of gangs composed of thieves, such group of thieves will call the one leaving them a traitor. That he has betrayed them to the police. They would hunt for him! But to the logic of the nature, the one who doesn’t want to stay with thieves cannot be called a traitor even if he left and joined a group of liars for a while.
All South Sudanese with the exception of some committed tribalists on this net know that Dr. Machar did not commit any treason but corrected the objective of the movement from socialist/secular united Sudan (1983-1991/119-2005) to the right of self-determination for the people of South in that historic 1991 “Creeping Revolution” as he called it. Of course some unscrupulous military officers in his organization misused the situation by attacking Bor without his knowledge. And that was one of hundreds of such cases against civilians in the chapter of our struggle. It was bad as other cases!
Dr. Riek played his strategies and landed on his feet like an experienced acrobat in search for ways to make self-determination the accepted basis of conflict resolution in Sudan. Now self-determination is the basis of the North-South conflict resolution. Both NCP and SPLM have adopted it. Is the champion of this noble cause a traitor?
M.Cool.J
Machar says 2010 carries high hopes for Sudanese people
Yes!!! It is hope that builds towers in the world so let’s hope guys.
Time1
Machar says 2010 carries high hopes for Sudanese people
If the major parties involve stay on a positive side and continue to cooperate then the year 2010 will be a good year for Sudan but if one party start to go back to the useless actions of the old 2009 then it will just be like the previous years, let all Sudanese hope and work for the best, implementations of agreements is a very important thing, if you back track and violate agreements then it always have negative than psotive results always.
AUGUSTINO DENG
Machar says 2010 carries high hopes for Sudanese people
By the way, what kind of hopes do”feign” Riek Machar Teny mean? Did he mean hope to surrender Southern Sudanese people to Arabs where he received a branded mark named Hussein Riek Machar Teny on his thigh? Or what did he mean, really? If people believe that Riek Machar is the righteous leader, then in my thought, I wish Arabs or Khartoum Regime in order to continue with their leadership of governing Sudan instead of Riek Machar Teny to be a leader of Southern. How come to be a leader and you kill your own people? What kind of mess is that?
If people mean another Riek Machar Teny from Nuer Community, then I’m okay with that,but if people mean Riek Machar Teny who sign the Peace Agreement at Khartoum in 1996, then it is okay for Southern Sudanese to stay without leader. A leader should have the following things in order to lead: 1.Perseverence 2.Valor 3. Compassionation. and 4.Dignity of valueing his people. Riek Machar Teny, don’t even have all of these. So, how is he going to rule or said there will be “High hopes for Sudanese People in 2010”. In my entire life, I can not put my ballot ticket in Riek Machar Teny’s box for any single support.
By Augustino Deng.
Controller
Machar says 2010 carries high hopes for Sudanese people
God Bless Dr. Riek Machar Teny and Dr. Riek Gai Kok
They are only ones who care about the future of the sudanese people.
Let the Dinka Bors continuous kissing the grave of their king John Garang untill they get sick and tired off, then they will joint us to support the son of man(Gat Raam mi Raan) for Presidency.
Thank you all
I am Controller with the Prophert