John Luke Jok was wrong:
Response: - Easter
Sunday remarks by John Luk Jok
During Easter Sunday services H.E Justices
John Luk make a few remarked focuses on what he called the Nuer rebellion
against the government in which they are majority and try to convince the
Presbyterian Church Congregation in Juba, that Peter Gadet and his
colleagues left the government because of Nuer marginalization within the
government of Southern Sudan.
No, it is misplacement of Mayom
declaration in which highlight and emphasis the reasons we revolt. In this
context we would like to inform our Christians members across the
South Sudan for what we stand for. As many good Christians may
like to hear and stand for, is justices and peace always embrace. We stand
up because of deep sorrow that our country facing.
There are, for one thing, the sorrows of
injustices. Those who enjoy a vast range coexist in our country system and
millions others in state of perpetual poverty, and with millions for whom
political terror, torture, and tyranny are ever-present context of their
lives, their oppression often being perpetrated or supported by those very
government officials whose own families enjoy great freedom.
There is also the sorrow of misplaced
values created by our current system. It is in no doubt that hundreds
millions of dollars are spent each year into pockets of individual, and more
millions are stupidly spent each year by the well-to-do with on outrageous
luxuries.
Under this regime, we are facing
destruction of our tradition, the loose of a sense of dotage, destruction of
our communities supported by the regime in which the example can be taken
from echelon official given gun and ammunition to their community against
other vulnerable community in Jonglie and Lake states, at the same time
using modern weapons against their citizens in a pretext of civil
disarmament.
The point we are making here, is to spread
consciousness of corruption and spreading determination to throw off the
shackles of that corruption in GOSS. In our Christian teaching however,
theft is one of great sin. We are a force of reform of our economic
development and our social order, as many of you know that our country is
heading in wrong direction. The base faith communities are not given their
rights and their teaching is prohibited. The struggle of so many oppressed
people who are seeking to say their word, who desire to be economically
free, who want to live without fear, and their properties looted by the very
government that suppose to protect them, this is what we are against. As
many of you know in our Christian tradition sin is not considered as an
individual only, it can be regard as a social fact, the absence of
brotherhood exploitation man by man and injustices against your fellow
human.
In
this regard, voiceless and terror join hands with hunger SPLA and reached
into conclusion to take up arms for liberation of their misery to get ride
of exploiters and dominators. Twenty Billions US dollars had been spent
without basic need to reach our local communities in villages in
Southern Sudan. These monies are pocket by few in GOSS and we
want our masses to turnout and revolt against them so that the new face for
development to take place. .
H.E Justice John Luk will agree with me
that if individual are not granted what is due to them, if their claim on
others is not acknowledged by those others, if others do not carry out their
obligation to them, and then, peace is wounded. Peace can not be in an
unjust situation while the vast majority are crying for development and few
busy of looting the resources of the nation. My fellow Christians
Presbyterians will agree with following word of Isaiah;
To loose the chains of injustices and
unite the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke,
to share your food with hungry, provide the poor with wanderer shelter and
when you see the naked cloth him. (Isa. 58:6-7)
Therefore,
if peace must come nearer, then development and liberation must go hand in
hand in our country. In our liberation movement we believe God will take
side with us, because we are a force of poor people who had been exploited
by few in Juba, those who been enjoy rights and privileges, while
majority are denied and deprived of it.
I had an opportunity to be a member of our
first parliament in Juba; I asked my
colleagues MPs how come we allowed Governor Taban Deng to denied salaries of
state for twelve months? Was it right to legislate budget of whole state for
a one man? I urge my colleagues MPs for the state grant to be freeze and let
the governor to inform the house what happened for the state budget?
In
his response, Justice John Luke came out for a defence” it is for a first
time to hear that Governor Taban had reach to the point to denied civil
servants salaries in the state he claim “Justice John had been a long friend
to Governor Taban for number of years and was lately alleged both with
governor Taban that they share 2% of oil revenues suppose to be for quick
pilot project for community development in western Nuer, once may not be
surprise with bitter defence for his good governor Taban.
I have respect with
John being an elder in our Nuer culture. I would not like to offend him
neither Taban, but who knows the time will came for confrontation one day
where facts will be display for the public to judge.
In this juncture, I
would like to remind our faithful Christians’ congregations about the
important issues that South Sudan Liberation Army (SSLA) has raises,
1.
Dissolution
of government of southern to be replacing by a national broad base
government agreed upon by all the South Sudan
political parties.
2.
Meeting of
all South Sudan political parties shall be
convene and form transitional government
3.
The
transitional government shall carry out general election in the republic of Southern Sudan within two years.
4.
The Army of
the South Sudan shall be taking care of and
transform into a truly professional and national army.
5.
Take
practical steps to bring all those involved in corruption to account.
6.
Priority to
be given to services delivery for our people
In this reverence, we
know how misery our people had been exploited by powerful fraudulent cliques
in Juba and we take side with people
because we heard their cries and we are against those who oppress them.
Finally,
we are deeply concerned that our people had been wounded and they are being
wronged.
Bol Gatkouth Kol
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