Why Pagan Amum as chief Mediator underrates the Parliament?
5 min readBy Heskey Deng
In light of incessant talks between the two Sudan since the south split from north Sudan to date, which SPLM secretary General, Pagan Amum is chief mediator, to pilot south teams to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Khartoum, Sudan and elsewhere design for talks, has pencil in discontent in his duty, Pagan uses to underrates the parliament, no clear co-link and solid correlation between chief mediator and the national parliament because no single day, Amum appears in the parliament to address the assembly on the effects of talks {outstanding issues} between the south and north Sudan, although the minister for parliamentarian Affairs is among the negotiators, isn’t right person to brief the parliament, is work of chief mediator, that means Amum is misleading the country, if he is inhospitality to the parliament, but because Amum is indoor of the throat of authoritative lion, no way. That put small animals to hide their testes and fear to point fingers.
More so, so called chief mediator with his teams has been attended several talks in Addis Ababa, and once the teams returned after conversation, whether its end with resolution or no resolution, that need parliament to debate on them, the cabinets, Member of parliament and senior officers who received them {negotiators} in the Airport, the teams lead by pagan just addressed them with handshake and smiling faces, then talks to the press, after that straight to their offices and houses, then Amum disappeared for good {in media houses} and even failed to address the parliament on the proposal of the talks, just waiting for next talks to front the teams again.
With such misbehave toward the parliament, isn’t correct, because pagan, role as chief mediator, must to update the parliament with outcome and new policy convey in the talks, therefore the parliament should sit to ratify the resolution, parliament may accept and reject others, and even making policy for previous and next talks, but pagan ignored the national assembly, neither consulted the member of parliament nor pioneer experts/specialists in their huts in Juba, just underrates them, which constitution grant him that right to desert the parliament views?
It is ironically, for the Member of Parliament to run after Pagan, seeking information from chief mediator and ordinary people, like what happened last year, when the cooperation agreement was signed in Addis Ababa, parliament weren’t briefed, they were outcast of information, even hard for them to talks to the press and citizens, they look stymie because they lacks of what to says, instead, they are information-hearing; so that they can sensitize the civilians on the deals, Pagan ignored them, silent them like kids, underestimate the parliament, while in the worldwide, Pagan {we} know the country parliament are law and policy-making, now what wrong with chief mediator? Did a war traumatize his mind or aged captured his brain, to clutter thing. Although our parliament is well-known for just “wait and support”, then they have right to be enlighten first, they can be firsthand information gatekeepers than hunting information.
Was Pagan a chief mediator for south Sudan really? It doesn’t means, if he briefed the Country president, likewise he pithy the assembly, that is wrong, but because of his political inflexible and rich-mind, has blind him to do so, also his irreverent superiority, made him to be master-minded in the country, disregard everyone, rip off himself as perfect politician, making nasty decision, what the hell? Pagan couldn’t take chief mediator title to markdown the parliament and public at largest.
If it wasn’t the country, everyone {president, vice president, cabinets and parliament} is dancing his/her own disco or music {s}, then Pagan won’t perform like this, taking everything in his hands, joking like he yearn for, rate too low the parliament, saying what in his brain, instead to seek advice from the parliament and redundant experts on what to say in next talks and the position of south Sudan government in the past and upcoming round table talks, he just feel at home because knowing no man will misfire him, he swim like he fancy, as the president is his housemate.
However, Pagan should know that, he is mediate for wise people, not fools, because his political dreams and education isn’t much that tall than some of the members of parliament, government officers and mere citizens, it just matter of chance, don’t fool around with your opportunity, you may purge the spoon that feed you, because this government of your man is rickety, you should act astutely, you must know that, you are chief mediator for south Sudan, not region neither state nor tribe, where you came from, so conduct yourself nationally, not locally.
Pagan‘s teams should change the gears of demeanor the talks, this round, they must to take in the views of the parliament and citizens, because their individuals’ war-mind is partial to bring answer and crush the Khartoum’s team, that why thing move narrow. I know, you are good debater with vocal voices of no fears, no doubt, but it doesn’t peril Khartoumists, so your appeared on foreigner and national media, travelling to abroad {western} and middle east as country chief mediator, doesn’t interests us, we need intellectual-minds to die away two Sudan outstanding issues. As you know, once Khartoum’s negotiators mail the talks in Addis Ababa, they went straight to the parliament, not their houses, briefing assembly, afterward they solicit reserved Arab experts/specialists {economist, military intelligent personal and lawyers} on how to remove the burden on theirs’ neck and way forward. While here, teams under your hands failed to do the same, just busy with personal enrichment, enjoys hotels accommodation, do you think, it will help us or we don’t have such experts/specialists in South Sudan to be consults, “big no”, just matter of ill-bred that affect and infect us, as few took the government as theirs without absorb others, so far I don’t think, God is fool to help those who don’t help {accept} themselves?
In conclusion, every talks need collective and super minds, in this scenarios, you must to includes the parliament, and then the president should insert economist, militarily intelligent personal as professionals list continues, into negotiation teams, than one types made up of “lawyers.” Is either court trial? So that the talk’s equation is balance, any experts may answer the question raise according to his/her specialization fields than supposition and one person always. One meal always, makes people to vanished appetite and even mislays it delicious, adjust cooking styles.
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