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Gen. Dau dismisses allegations of negotiating support with SPLM-DC

By Ngor Arol Garang

February 5, 2010 (KHARTOUM) — Major General Dau Aturjong Nyuol, an aspirant for gubernatorial seat in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, has Wednesday 4; issued strong statement criticizing and dismissing allegations that he and his groups are seeking supports from the SPLM-DC of Dr.Lam Akol.

Major General Dau Aturjong Nyuol speaking in a rally declaring his candidature for Northern Bahr el Ghazal State Governor (File/ST)
Major General Dau Aturjong Nyuol speaking in a rally declaring his candidature for Northern Bahr el Ghazal State Governor (File/ST)
The candidate put out the denial following the publication of reports saying he approached the former foreign minister and candidate for southern Sudan presidency Dr Lam Akol seeking his support to win the governorship of Northern Bahr el-Ghazal, in return he would support him for his election.

Contacted by Sudan Tribune Dr Lam Akol denied having talked to General Dau or any of his supporters as well.

“We do not have any connection with Dr. Lam and his groups. We have never been in contact let alone seeking supports,” General Dau said; adding “Since joining the movement in 1983, I have never discussed anything of equal interest with Dr. Lam apart from objectives of the SPLM”.

He further accused the supporters of the incumbent governor Paul Malong Awan Anei of disseminating these rumors about the contact with Lam Akol.

Before the official designation of the official SPLM candidate in the state, incumbent governor Paul Malong Awan Anei leading the list of the contestants.

According to Electoral College popularity rating, the governor is given popularity rate of 100%, followed by Jal Malith Jal with 84% and General Dau AturJong Nyuol being the last with 79%

Dr. Dhieu Mathok Diing Wol who stands as independent candidate for parliamentary seat in Juba and accused also of contacts with the chairman of SPLM-DC, denied any arrangement with Dr Akol saying these allegations are part of electoral campaign by the other group.

He said he was the first member of the SPLM to confront Dr. Lam Akol on Shorook TV while in Dubai when he declared formation of the SPLM-DC.

Similarly, Simon Kuot Kuot, another independent candidate for Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly categorically denied contacts with Lam Aokl saying those who are standing as independent candidates will remain as independent candidates till the end of the election.

(ST)

24 Comments

  • AUGUSTINO DENG
    AUGUSTINO DENG

    Gen. Dau dismisses allegations of negotiating support with SPLM-DC
    Dear Southern Sudanese people, I don’t know exactly why people are so curious for just a matter of one Position of the Governorship? It is a big shame when I heard that 400 people from Bhar-el-ghazel Region are contesting for the position of Governorship. What if some people decided to run a position of Mayor,Police Commissioner, Minister of Commerce, Representative of Medical Correspondent, Representative of Statistic and Population and so forth? Will that not make you as a leader?

    Matter of one position only will not redeem us from
    our objectives. Let us stop making ourselves as the sources of problems. Leader is someone God choose, but it is not you who choose yourself to be a leader. That is why it is said in Bible that put your Lord first before you attempted to work on your planning. Mr Dau Aturjong Nyuol, we love you to be our leader, but please stay in calm. You don’t know maybe tomorrow it will be your turn.

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  • Dinka Boy
    Dinka Boy

    Gen. Dau dismisses allegations of negotiating support with SPLM-DC
    I want governor who is free from NCP agents and DC as well.
    I really need SPLM loyal candidate no more than that.
    Thanks

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  • Oduck Bol
    Oduck Bol

    Gen. Dau dismisses allegations of negotiating support with SPLM-DC
    What is going on here guys? Accusation,accusation and accusation. Why you start accusing each other? this person has contact with Dr Lam and that has a contact with Lam Akol. People will know now that your party is not confident in itself. You may not like this guy ,but other may not like the person you support too according to his or her political game.

    Every body start worry because hand pick and quick pick may not work in this election. This is time for civilian to catch liars and corruptest.

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  • babadit
    babadit

    Gen. Dau dismisses allegations of negotiating support with SPLM-DC
    Gen. your not far from the truth, those are people who have no political languge to convince the voters but they go round spreading foul news aganist their opponets that they have conncetion with DC, the same thing happened in EES too, but those are frabrication of hates among the political demague and criple politcians and undemocratics leaders in the south.
    FORGIVE THEM THAT IS THE ONLY POLITICS THEY KNOW OF,FIGHT YOUR OWN WAY TO THE OFFICE

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  • Deng Wel Deng
    Deng Wel Deng

    Gen. Dau dismisses allegations of negotiating support with SPLM-DC
    I knew no body will join Lam Akol who has lose the vision for southern sudanenes. The big antagonism that exists today among the communities in southern Sudan, was created by few individuals who were/are not mindful of the above subject and at point of victory, stabbed the movement at the back in 1991.

    I am disturbed by the recent comment of Lam Akol calling secession of southern Sudan a “suicide”. What a pathetic and ambiguous statement from the Dr who is highly educated to throw that childish comment. I know you are out spoken person on few issues like corruption, bad governance and vision for south Sudan. You can be the alternative president but, only if you respect the authority. Please you really need to do allot for southern Sudanese to build confident in you. You should not be in Khartoum but, back to the south for you to understand difficulties, voicing your messages of peaceful co-existence, and of course to start your campaign and I presume you can’t campaign in Khartoum to be elected president of southern Sudan.

    According to that statement, allot of southerners are shaken by it and it is clear that this party was formed to hijack the independence of south Sudan and freedom of southern Sudanese who have suffered for long time in the hands of imperialists. I doubt whether LAM Akol is true son of the soil and I would advise my fellow colleagues from Shilluk not to lose even single soul in support of this delirious person. This person will go to his grave with a tarnish reputation that will haunt his kinship forever.

    The problems of lam akol are clearly identified as followed: he has no respect for authority, that is why he had disagreed with DR GARANG and went and disagreed with DR RIAK in Khartoum; he is man who put his economics objectives in front of national political objectives and so long as his economics objectives overrides his political objectives than he has to shift and of course he is not patriotic person to die like DR GARANG,WILLIAM NYUON,YUSUF KUA MAKI who our freedom has cost them their lives and for the sake of governance through democracy in sudan. What he does is just a hot air and a white smoke.

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  • Johnny
    Johnny

    Gen. Dau dismisses allegations of negotiating support with SPLM-DC
    According to Electoral College popularity rating, the governor is given popularity rate of 100%, followed by Jal Malith Jal with 84% and General Dau AturJong Nyuol being the last with 79%

    If there is !00%, 84% & 79% of rating instead of 70%, 25% & 5%.
    They look illiterated and really they are.

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  • Critic_Ngueny
    Critic_Ngueny

    Gen. Dau dismisses allegations of negotiating support with SPLM-DC
    Dear Gen.Dau Aturjong,

    I would like to inform you that if you don’t want your children to rule in future or if you want to not to be respected in Southern Sudan;then join SPLM-DC.We are just watching critically and whoever going to defect again from our mother SPLA/M before 2011 will soon very soon curse the day he/she was born and I am not making it up.You are just denying it but what goes up comes down.

    Critic_Ngueny from Bor town

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  • makuei
    makuei

    Gen. Dau dismisses allegations of negotiating support with SPLM-DC
    Oh good heavens, when will people like Oduk Bol free us of their broken English on this important site?

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  • Jupiter Maguangdit
    Jupiter Maguangdit

    Gen. Dau dismisses allegations of negotiating support with SPLM-DC
    Good news! That is the last bullet in the hands of Malong’s supporters.

    Dear readers, for your information, the supporters of Paul Malong Awan have done everything possible to stop Gen. Dau from contesting for the gubernatorial position in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State and now attempting to accuse Gen. Dau Aturjong of relations with the traitor Lam Akol Ajawin is the last bullet that was in their hands.

    Now, let me assure the supporters of the most corrupt Governor in Southern Sudan being Paul Malong Awan who and his greedy group thought that public money is theirs to use it for their personal purposes and not for the suffering people of Northern Bahr el Ghazal who lost everything during the war in the hands of Paul Malong’s collaborators from the north.

    Gen. Dau will contest for this position whether you like it or not and will win the position without any difficulties for sure.

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