How will Riek’s Leadership Influence South Sudanese Before 2015
5 min readBy Achiek Jok Riaak
The South Sudanese leaders have currently starts lobbing for a general election which is due to take place in 2015, but with presence of current PhDs holders in the country, South Sudan will face many difficulties which may hinder election which is due to take place in 2015.
The current Doctorate (Dr) who’s his ambition is to takes power by forces from the ruling government is a well know power sacker, who struggled for power since his lives times after his masters awarding.
23 years ago, Dr. Riek Machar had attempted to become a leader of Sudan People Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) after overthrowing rebel leader Dr. John Garang de Mabior in 1991, the former founder of South Sudan but his initiatives failed because he mobilized his tribesmen to fought innocent Dinka instead of SPLA forces.
Since the beginning of his politics in Sudan up to the current government of South Sudan, Machar’s, a power sacker is more segregative than the current president of South Sudan, Gen. Salva Kiir, the man of peace in South Sudan.
See how he struggled for leadership in Sudan and South Sudan
Machar obtained a PhD in mechanical engineering in 1984 and then joined the rebel Sudan (SPLM/A) during the Second Sudanese civil war in 1983 and later defeated in 1991 and come back to SPLM/A in 2002 realizing strong leadership of SPLM/A.
When he fell out with the SPLM/A leader Garang in 1991 and formed a splinter group, the SPLM/A Nasir, he made a treaty with the Government of Sudan in 1997 under leadership of Omar Bashir and became head of the government-backed South Sudan Defense Force (SSDF).
In 2000 he left the SSDF and formed a new militia, the Sudan People Defense Forces/Democratic Front (SPDF), and in 2002 rejoined the SPLA as a senior commander.
After the death of John Garang in July 2005, Riek Machar became vice-president of the autonomous Southern Sudan. He became vice-president of South Sudan on 9 July 2011 when the country became independent, but was dismissed from office by President Salva Kiir Mayardit on 23 July 2013.
Last year, Machar himself vow to become chairman of SPLM political party and so as to contest for position of presidency in 2015 South Sudanese general election.
What Does Machar Needs after Achieving all Those Positions Given to him by two Presidents Kiir And Bashir
I think Dr. Riek Machar Teny, a PhD holder, is not a man of vision or a man who dreams of his people. How can a leader who claims to be fighting for democracy kill innocent civilians who are his majority to rule in future?
Mr Machar’s PhD or intelligence of igniting killing of and among the people of Upper Nile, especially Nuer and Dinka communities, `will bring him before institutions of justice with whoever is concerned.
Please, doctor why did you involve spiritual leaders [magicians] in liberation struggle and why did you use Nuer youths to fought national army? Alright, they are your tribesmen but even though if they are your tribesmen they are people of South Sudan particularly members of Jonglei state. There is no right of using them to fought organized army with help from spiritual leader.
You are not leader of Nuer alone or leader of especial community in South Sudan, those youths [so called while army] killed in Jonglei and some other civilians massacred during massive destruction in Bor were all innocent. The white army soldiers did not know clear logic of their death or the reason of fighting in Bor. Some were coming with intention to loot properties and others were misleading by your leadership in Lou Nuer home land my former VP.
See doctor, struggling for liberation doesn’t need wrong reports or blackmailing people such that you get more forces to fight government, Nuer community is not your tribes alone, you are not the father or the creator of Nuer people in South Sudan.
I think you are Dr, who one time become Vice President of South Sudan who knows politic and management of civil population of this country. You has also mediator who mediated peace between government of Uganda and Lord Resistance army (LRA) lead by Joseph Kony in 2007.
In your mediation process Uganda government and LRA were almost to signed peace deal to end conflict in Northern Uganda and in that period of times, all ethnic communities of Central and Eastern Equatoria experienced peace after withdrawal of LRA forces in their territory.
Therefore, with all experiences you had gained in your leadership you had know how people can exercise peace rather than committing massive killing which targeted specific tribes of Dinka Bor in your movement.
And with all the experiences you have undergone with, you can’t rebel against the government of South Sudan and said that fighting broke out among presidential guards in Juba while you know the cause of December 15 fighting.
The reason why I said this is related to 1991 coup attempt you had launched to overthrow other doctor like you, John Garang de Mabior the former chairperson of SPLM/A. in that year [1991] your liberation targeted Dinka Bor community alone because Garang was from Bor community. The same you did because Kuol Manyang is from Bor community.
We are not against who ever need the leadership to rule but against someone who is not applying human right roles in this country.
You [Riek] may not manage to rule us for more than five years because your thinking is too weak to rule millions people in this nation because if this country experience any difficulties you can order for genocide or run to the bush with you magicians.
Eventually, the leadership of Riek may not be more interested to People of South Sudan particularly the Nuer White army and other innocent people who lost their dears ones during this baseless crisis.
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