South Sudan police assures impartiality to political parties
March 08, 2010 (JUBA)-Police of the semi autonomous regional government of South Sudan has reiterated assurance to maintain impartiality to all political parties in the upcoming elections.
Gen. Madut assured citizens that south Sudan police will serve them diligently in spite of the many challenges it faces. According to him, some of the challenges police forces face across the region and particularly Juba, include poor payment, inadequate facilities, inadequate budget, and poor training, among others.
He elaborated that a constable, for example gets 13 SDP a month as house allowance which is grossly inadequate especially in Juba and other major urban centers.
“We are trying to accommodate all these within its budgetary allocation but security is very expensive, especially in places coming out of war where security remains greater challenge all the time,” he said.
However, the police general revealed that the government is in the process of establishing a police academy in Juba to facilitate better training for the members of the force, especially the former Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Army (SPLA) combatants who form three-quarters of the SSPS.
“The former SPLA combatants currently observed into police service need to be transformed from military mentality to a friendly police force capable of serving Southern Sudan with dignity and discipline.” He also added that the force needs language training to facilitate migration from Arabic or English platform.
The Inspector General reportedly stated that security has improved and other law enforcement agencies in the region will sustain this recorded development.
He also admitted that general arms search operations conducted in Juba was abused by some elements in south Sudan police to harass and loot from the public.
“This is irresponsible behavior and it is not an act of professional police,” he said assuring public that it will never be allowed to happen again disclosing that the searches have also been suspended until these concerns are addressed adequately.
He urged all political parties and candidates contesting in the upcoming elections to maintain peace stressing that Southern Sudan is tired of war and that parties and individuals with security concerns should get in touch with his office for immediate attentions.
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Dinka Boy
South Sudan police assures impartiality to political parties
Yes, general inspector Achuil, you have to trained those militia so that they can be fully incorporated into SPLA. SPLA is fully trained,but those militia coming from Paulino Matip need to be trained because they new nothing,just only shooting.
Thanks
Mr Famous Big_Logic_Boy
South Sudan police assures impartiality to political parties
Big lie, SPLA gangs will never tolerate other political party activities like DC. This is an absolute misleading information. It is even useless to see police roaming in the streets with AKA47 instead of hand guns. Where around the World can you see police carrying refile in their normal operation? South Sudan is too behind the standard of political management. This dictatorship must come to an end. It will much better to change the slogan from Vote SPLA, vote Kiir to vote Independence vote DC, this is much better than using the broken and fugly names. Those miserable posters in Juba streets must one day be removed or burn to hell at night time. We need DC posters, something that has meaning and vision to the nation and its people.
choldit
South Sudan police assures impartiality to political parties
General Acuil,
Thanks for the good words you put on the paper. That is what is expected of you and other law enforcement agencies leaders. Please keep your words! We the Southern Sudan people will give the benefit of doubt to everyone who assume the position untill one proved him/herself otherwise.
You are a general responsible for the police force; don’t let any power greedy person manipulate you to do his/her dirty business for everyone will have his/her own grief during the judgment day.
Service your people with dinity like Dr. Reik Machar and anothers . May God direct you in your duty! Good day
Dengtaath
South Sudan police assures impartiality to political parties
South Sudan will be better off, if the police maintains its mandate or be impartial in respect to state politics.This is what it mean by professional malitary. Both the South Sudan defend forces and police are to be governed by their mandates when it come to the politics.
I fully admired the general’s remarks
Thanks and hope you and your police forces will overcome the mentioned challenges
dengtaath
Kuany Dak
South Sudan police assures impartiality to political parties
I do not think this folk in uniform will be impartial to other parties than the SPLM party alone, so it will not be believed anyway. As matter, it is good that we have stronge police force in Juba, South Sudan. 5 years ago, there is no police present in Juba, but NCP sponsored polices.
We shall see if they will do impartial job during election.
Thank you,
Kuany Dak
Jur Tier
South Sudan police assures impartiality to political parties
Wow! what amazing to see South Sudan Police standing in a aparade. As some of you might be aware that South Sudan Police does not follow the normal international police rules, there is no an absolute objection to that and I put it clearly that the current general situation of the South is to blame.
Firstly, any police anywhere in the world have to observe and follow its rules and regulations regardless of whatever situation they are applicable. And this is the most important criteria which differentiates between police force and the army force. However, following my recent visit to the South after 10 years , the police as witnessed by me in the sreets of Juba, never complies with the task it is reqiured to do. The police seems to be carrying out its duties but switches into a trible line thus causing numerious doubts among the citizens.
Secondly, any persons working in the police in Juba carry out orders they received from those in the higher ranking in the GoSS including the President Kiir.
And because they receive instructions from those top ranking officialls, the police duties are limited to following what they are told by their masters just for fear of losing their jobs but not what they are train for. As a results of the fear for losing their jobs, the police personels forget whatever they learn from the police academy and apply what they pick up from the authorities.
BUT WHAT IS THE RESULTS FOR THAT BEHAVIOUR?
The result is clear! A corrupted police that never serves the citizen with justice has been formulated from now on to the future. The only people whose life career had been to serve in the police force before the Southerners waged war against the north, and the very first to identify the disadvantages of the police which never serves its citizen with justice and therefore decided to be first to fire the first bullet at the enemy, were removed recently by Mr Kiir.
My message to the Southerners is that if we need a justic, stable and The Democratic Republic of South Sudan( DRSS) then we shouldn’t let this practice take root as we are the one to bear the possible consequences.
Thannk you! God bless you and The Republic of South Sudan