A. Definition of the Government
“The government is a small organ of a nominee
which is chosen by the people to represent them on services deliveries, render
order and execute the regulations governing that particular society or
community—which can be changed from time to another as merit its mandated ends
or when it is seen incompetent or unresponsive or unsuitable and ineligible on
reasons stipulated by law.”
B. Definition of the people
People are the majority of the community or in
other word Citizens that flocked in to a certain large area of land known as
cities, towns, counties, Payam and villages—who resided in those locations with
total right and freedom to conduct their daily lives. Who, when the need for
order and law arise, can resort to choose cable men and women in small scale
form to represent them in order to solve cases those arise among them and usher
in obligations, fine, and reproved the culprits without passivity? That is what
is called in another language indirect democratic rule of people.
C. Memorandum of understanding between the peoples
vs. nominee
-The People
The people are bound by a law of loyalty within
the boundary of contentment, or when that organ is able enough to qualify the
positions they occupied—that is the anchoring condition. The people
remain obedient to its nominee to as far as cooperation and loyalty is
concerned—that is what we called Obligation.
-The government
The government on the hand must work with great
stamina to ensure an anticipated needs that are necessarily i.e. security,
shrewd maintenance of public assets, services deliveries, protect the rights of
everybody equally and open vacancies for job-seekers. That is what we
called “Responsibilities”.
D. Government is answerable to the People not
vice-versa.
The people are bound by the law of
responsibility only when they are maximally satisfied on meeting their needs,
it is only when that small organ (govn’t) is able to realize that anticipated
needs which develop from time to time or which vary from time to another—failure
to do so, that organ must abdicate that position immediately if not, there will
be dangerous tragedy following.
But if that organ qualifies its sphere, the
then organ can merit remaining in its position with revered legitimacy as the
steering system governing its people. The government has no much powers
amounting from its own, but it operating within the consented regulations—she
must from time to time verifies itself before the people she is governing—that
is what we called accountability. So the government is answerable
to her people. And in this context, people are the ones to tick good or wrong
to any system that represent them—because there is a possibility for people to
live without government but there isn’t possibility for government to exist
without people. In that content, government goes away, but people don’t.
E. People fall into imbroglio when the right set is
not realized
-People (Nations) are likely to fall into
imbroglio phenomenon when they fail to realize the set rights and obligations
(that include loyalty) and the conditions those realize the true memorandum of
understanding between the chosen and the chooser—and what qualifications
anchoring the role of nominee (govn’t) in a form that must be satisfactory
(responsibility). People must in the foremost, realize what they want, how they
wish it and when they want it.
And in this context, they (people) must get to
harmonize their opinions, stand for their common right and have a critical
language (boldness and sound mind)—but that can never happen except with an
informed society—people with open mind, who can clearly see things with
reasoning mind. Such people don’t beat the elephant’s shade, rather they hit at
the perpetrators’ heads! So, the only people who could quickly survive such
imbroglio more easily are those who question the liability and make thorough
follow up on their set rules those governing them with absolute courage with
clause why? When? How? Which? Who?
One of the wise man said, “The best
ways to hide a lie is between two truths”. In order for South Sudan to
be a beautiful Country, we must have clear aims so that we not fooled around by
any new politicians who do not even know our core values. Let’s start to
embrace respect toward our communities’ integrity—and believe in our domestic
societal coexistence as one people—and be proud of that.
Liberality, which
advocates for self-respect and minority respect are elements that could cement
such multi-culture society—students of political science I believe they can
second my Opinions. I was impressed when the South Sudanese
community voiced out that they want Federal government. One advantage of
Federal system is that no regime could have an absolute power the states
especially in such a Country majority of the political figures are
primitive—they can easily ruin the Country unknowingly by their corrupted
propagandas that fuel ethical violence.
-The government (Nominees) on the other hand,
also, must realistically perceive their roles and acts them out tangibly
without wasting anytime. The problem with African governments as to why their government
is facing troubles is that some of the politicians don’t even know exactly
their roles or what they’re supposed to do towards their own Countries. They
(gov’ts) see their people complaining about something they themselves should
have solve them earlier before they become emergencies.
But ethical pride, when
mingled with ignorance, could become more dangerous than anything else. Our
African politicians love to play games of politics, but lacked the core morals
of political values—which in other word ridiculous and childish—I came to
realize that that was why the African societies are backward, it is this virus
that is eating their seeds of honesty which was supposed to yield them true
prosperities the world around us are exploiting. All human beings are created
rational, thus, when you promise them something, but once made without
fulfilled, could cause lack of trust, the lack that will inevitably bring
anarchy and lawlessness which can’t be controlled, but becomes more costly—then
when this element was just lowered in the beginning. So, to prevent that from
happening, government officials should immediately stop being dishonest and
start enacting out those anticipated needs to their people, and cease from
mocking their own societies.
F. Coming to my siblings (South Sudanese citizens)
What has happened to us (conflicts) is not
something new or strange thing. Simply, it is a call to Nationalism and it is a
core test on our capacity and ability to come together and solidly unites as
One Family of Nations regardless of our clans or traditions. Those elements are
what prove that we are able to govern ourselves by ourselves—without which we
are lying if we allege that we can establish One Nation like such great a
Country, South Sudan whose tribes, cultures, customs and languages differ
absolutely from the others. The test is, if we, as peoples in the same Country
can be able to lower down our own self-centered and aimless prides—and to
cohesively join stand for our common right as people with equal interest, then
we can make it to one.
Some of us use to say that these dilemmas
are caused by certain tribe or it is certain is the ones disrespecting others
which led to provocation of conflicts. My opinions are different completely; I
just call such opinions senseless opinions. For if I am to ask that: who among
our tribes escaped displacement, starvation, poor health, destruction of
livelihoods and lives, what can be your answer? The right answer is that this
bad-happening had victimized us all, I meant that we all have suffered its
consequences—the Country pushed into it ignorantly and it has already given in
on all four.
Here, the student of truth can ask himself or herself,
that what is then the real problem? So to answer that, allow first to narrate
to you this little story. It goes; certain people were caught in a bad
happening. That situation set them in total imbroglio, and they were
desperately looking for solution. The problem was that one of the bus
fore-wheel got punched when they were driving bus on the road to their long,
long destination. And when the wheel got punched, some were saying that the bus
must be downloaded off of the items, people and everything else, which some
quickly rebuffed saying that the heavy vehicle should be push.
But another
group who seemed to be more conservative advised that they should wait, even if
it could take them long time, they must endure to stay where they were stuck
in. These different opinions resulted into heated argument—it got tenser
against each one of them that escalated conflict. But by a good luck, a mad man
happened to be passing by, who, in hearing such what caused such negative
brawling, got him shocked!
He (madman) interrupted them saying, “instead
for you disputing over the same bus with different opinions, why not just
replace this punched fore-wheel with the good one from those hind wheels?” He
continued, “You can do that until when you reach your destination, then
you can buy another new wheel and put in the place where you have removed
one—so don’t waste your time and energy”. But one from the group
defiantly said, “But you are a madman, you are not supposed to be one
to tell us what is right to do?” But madman replied, “Yes, I
am a madman, but I am a fool”. That small and simple story
covers ours exactly!
-Then are we now stuck in blaming our identities
minus seeing to the real problems from the right perspectives? Are we really
identifying what we need? I meant is that we have allowed ourselves to be
exploited. No equity, no services delivery, no transparency, no financial
stability, no health, no education, no security, no good roads, no freedom of
speech (Media houses censured) no fair elections in order for us so that we
have a chance to elect our cable men and women plus others.
For us to achieve
that, we need to have strong mental capacity, open mindedness is the informed
mind that can analyze what can avail to us common interest as One Family
Nations, yea, not vice versa! Know this: we South Sudanese Citizens are the
ones robbed, exploited, fooled, raped, destroyed, killed, mocked at, ridiculed,
neglected and deprived by these profligates who are wise enough to cheat us by
“divide and rule methodology”.
For if I can ask you this question:
that who among our tribes on this Country is still flourishing in her own
bliss, then what could be your right answer? The true right answer is that we
all South Sudanese are: cheated, misused and above all, we are forced to be
silent about it—through the use of military diktat and ugly intimidation
by this current regime.
Rev. Malong Baak
