By Lam Jok Wai
Dear all,
I am informing everyone that the groups that called themselves South Sudanese Community Association who held a rally today on March 24, 2014 in Calgary are not members of such an organization. In reality, these are groups of Dinka community who sent out a demonstration letter rallying against the present of United Nations in south Sudan. South Sudanese Community Association in Calgary did not and has not agreed to conduct a rally regarding the misconduct of UNIMISS presence in South Sudan.
Therefore, the misuse of community name (South Sudanese Community Association) should be treated as fake and illegal that violates the community norms. Instead, those carry rally against the presence of UNIMISS presence in South Sudan should have better call their organization Dinka Community Association in Calgary. UNIMMISS has saved tens of thousands of lives in South Sudan and accusing UN’s body is a crime itself. I believe these people have no cause to demonstrate about but only to scapegoat UNIMISS due to their support to Kiir’s government, instead for community to assist in facilitating all meetings to insure mutual respect is maintained and all issues are discussed in a democratic and mutually respectful fashion.
Therefore, occupy the capital is nation juba strives to be a self-policing community, we recognize that we cannot take away the right of any individual within our community. Moreover, Violence sustained in South Sudan continues a bloody conflict that exploded on December 15. By President Salva Kiir are saying an attempted coup by supporters of Kiir’s rival, former vice-president Riek Machar, is to blame. Human Rights Watch reported that civilians were being killed for ethnic reasons alone ethnic groups the Nuer, were being targeted through flat genocide that was imposed by President himself , Its wasn’t secret Kiir did kill many Nuer with false coup attempt as alleged by him and his followers in the government, however, I am South Sudanese native now living in Calgary and everyone among the South Sudanese community knew that kiir will waged the war that would follow tribal lines that has resulting into civilians ethnic cleansing bases on their backgrounds, especially the Nuer finished in Juba .
The world’s newest nation which gained its freedom from Sudan on July 9, 2011 after years of war is nowadays in the midst of chaos or disorder, with an estimated 1500,000 people displaced and as many as 170,000 killed, from the Nuer tribe alone, according to the International Crisis Group. Therefore, President Kiir (who is Dinka) made widespread of violent against Machar (who is Nuer) warning Kiir for moving towards a dictatorship and Machar was calling for meaningful democratic system that could come through leadership reform. Whatever unity was being made by well-intentioned people seems to be rapidly disintegrating and this is deeply disappointing to many South Sudanese and their friends everywhere.
Therefore, I escaped Sudan years ago during its bloody civil war now living in Calgary and planning to go back home to help my people, I have relatives some of the were killed because they were the Nuer ethnic group. Absolutely, but first South Sudan needs to see the institutionalization of a true, participatory and fair democracy supported by rule of law. This is where the United Nations might play a major role. However, South Sudan as well as the world’s third-largest South Sudanese diaspora population, which we calls Calgary second home, unfortunately, these group of Dinka has made up fake organization called South Sudanese association which is not for them alone and how can one tribe called themselves South Sudan with intention of self-interest to spoiled the names of others ?
No south Sudanese community had agreed to protest against UNMISS presence in south Sudan. their objective was to block the promotion of humanitarian aid and the institution of true sustainable democracy and development in South Sudan; their aim of demonstration is to promote violent against humanity because the president come from their tribe Dinka while others south Sudanese need peaceful relations and community development, in the face of rising tensions, within the many South Sudanese communities here in Calgary. This is very disturbing move and unfaithful collaborating with tribal minded in support to kiir to promote violent in south Sudan where no neutral organization like UNIMISS will know their wrong doings the Nuer that were lockup in UNMISS.
We need UN to stay in the country to deliver their service and Development for the IDP, for their hardworking of providing emergency shelters and relief support for this extended crisis. We all know that majority of IDPs under UNMISS protection both Dinka and the Nuer, but Dinkas who dominated government does not want any Nuer alive in the South Sudan because of Dinka power greediness and selfishness attitude. The demonstration staged in Calgary reflected the government attitude against UNMISS forces. However, as member and executive figure in south Sudanese community Calgary, Canada we want UNMISS forces and representatives to continue doing their humanitarian activities regardless of who found safety with them.
All our displaced people find protection and sustenance from the UN and not from them who want UN out of the land which does not belong to them alone. They want UNMISS out because they don’t care about the innocent people affected by what they don’t understand. Those who are protested supporting the killing, preleased spreads through the media that south Sudanese community in Calgary are against UNMISS is not true, many southsusanese here were shock and were anger because those who protested were Dinka community particularly warrap kiir is home town .
Unfortunately, warrap community celebrated the Massacre the Nuer which they called a victory of failed coup; obviously, south Sudan under warrap leadership will not be stable state since they were against peace in south Sudan.
Thanks
Lam Jok Wai
Author is deputy Secretary General of South Sudanese Community Association in Calgary