salva kirr disappoints
darfuris and activists
July 28, 2008
At talks held with presidents of both Uganda
and Kenya, the president of South Sudan spoke words
that greatly disappointed the people of Darfur and the
activists against the genocide. Speaking of Al-Bashir’s
indictment to Ugandan president Museveni, he asserted
that the ICC should give the Sudanese government time
to solve its own problems. According to him, there is
no need for ICC intervention. The people of Darfur know
all too well that solving the problems as a country
on this issue has not provided results these past five
years, and is not likely to do so now. Museveni also
spoke unfavorably of the indictment, saying that it
could hinder the implementation of the Comprehensive
Peace Agreement and the peace process in Darfur.
Kenyan president, Mwai Kibaki, spoke hypocritically
of the issue, warning that any bid to put Al-Beshir
on trial for war crimes in Darfur would prove counter-productive.
Truthfully, Kibaki has no credibility on such matters,
considering all of the violence in Kenya that his selfishness
has led to. Until he leads his own country in a fight
for democracy rather than against each other, his thoughts
on justices and injustice in Sudan should not be listened
to. Perhaps the most disappointing and disheartening
of actions was that of the African Union who demonstrated
an agreement with the above listed presidents. The African
Union, supposedly part of the main peacekeeping force
in Darfur, has urged the U.N. Security Council to delay
action of the ICC, feeling that an indictment might
jeopardize any effort to stabilize Darfur.
In these conversations, Salva Kiir has not proven
to be a true leader to the public. All he has served
to do as of yet is provide excuses for Al-Bashir in
order to escape the indictment. What he should be doing
as successor to the great John Garang, and as vice-president
of Sudan, is protect the people! If their own leaders
can not speak for them, who can? Kiir needs to be bold
and stand up against the injustices in Darfur! If John
Garang had still been vice-president, it is safe to
say he would have acted differently. Garang always kept
the people of Darfur as his top priority; in fact, it
was he who was a main initiator and inspiration for
the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. He believed that
without putting a stop to the genocide there could never
be a wholly united Sudan. Not only was he a true leader
of peace in Sudan, but in all of Africa. The people
of Darfur can only hope that Kiir can find the spirit,
intelligence, and courage of Garang to speak out against
Al-Bashir, and press forward with the indictment.
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