If you retrospect into your history, you are likely to recollect what George Bush Senior (poppy-nickname) and John Adams have in common. If I am not wrong, their respective sons, George Walker Bush Junior and Quincy Adam, became the Presidents of the United States of America.
Should Southern Sudan become a sovereign nation, is it conceivable, in the-not-distant future, that the above scenario is likely to happen to any of the would-be Presidents’ sons/daughters? If so, will it be considered a corruption, meritocracy or competency, given the fragility of the democracy in our society?
In short, I can’t wait to read your take on this query. I remain exceedingly indebted to your unique contributions.
If any of the son or daughter of our present southern leaders became south sudan president in the future, it would be consider a corruption and not competency. I doubt their fathers' loyalty and faithfulness to the people of south sudan. South Sudan has no pure democracy like the one American have. Majority of current leaders are working for their own interest except for a few. It would be a big mistake for them to orient their children to follow their footsteps.
Santino Ajith
-- Edited by santino Ajith at 21:26, 2004-11-16
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Nothing is possible without fair distribution of power and wealth.
I think every citizen of the Sudan has the right in his/her own term to hold a high office. If the son of the president is competent and qualified and goes through all democractic processes to become president in his/her own terms, he or she must become president and would not be considered a corruption. However, if he/she is unqualified, and undemocratically became president through the help of his father, we can term that a corruption. There is no sin in son of president becoming a president if he/she is elected by the people and qualified for the job.
At the moment, that does not seems to be the case in the Sudan right now. No one has proven and won people's trust yet. So there is no legacy built yet until the trust of the people had been won and democracy upheld.
Thank you all
Awolich
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THE WAY TO DEMOCRACY, FAIRNESS, AND EQUALITY IS INEVITABLE AND FOR THOSE WHO STAND ON THE WAY TO FREEDOM THEIRS IS A CHAOTIC LIFE
Awolich de Nyuat
It will all depend on whatever political or military system we will adapt in that country.
Be it corrupted system, the chain of dominated government will continue from one family because citizens will have no say in their government, or if it is a fair and democratic leadership then competency will work irrespective of where one comes from.
Greatly, I apprecite you for bring that notion up.You are darn straight.However it is too soon to tell whether the siblings of C - in -cs to be will inherit their parents, thrones or not .They might or might not.You never no. I hope you are not the only one in great stress about the kind of leadership about to intiate.Every sound minded sudanese does.What we got to do is to fag on our education and always ask God to do that for us.
I appreciate the good heart of Aweil people because they love sharing things with others.
However, let's not forget nor broach the major impediment to our effort of trying to bring and establish the a genuine system in South Sudan, which would allow people to get fairly involved in the election of their own representatives.
Here is the problem, while most of you here are thinking of a fair government to come to the south, there are some people in other places contriving better strategies to dominate and lead others indefinitely.
I suppose there is no way forward with respect to these contrary tendencies. Unless we all think we have a common goal and strive for it collectively otherwise things will never work good for us.
Does this situation permit everyone to get involved in the participation and management of their government?
You are expressly right. Unless we all act ideally and play according to the same rules, democracy is hard to come by. The supposedly supremacy and revered sectarianism in the Southern Sudan, befits one group against another. This holier than thou attitude is a ground for division and little accomplishments in our nation. I regret to say that this ill will is evidenced in SPLA/M and many other self-proclaimed, godsend politicians as well as wishy-washy political parties Sudan wide.
My only hope is that with time, mass campaign and public outcry, an ideal society will be realized one day in Sudan.
From the look of current governance in the south, there is perhaps,a little sergregation and a great distinctions amongst commanders themselves, their sons and daughters to inferior citizens that they are better than any one, therefore, should be the right people to rule the South whether it is going to be against people's wishes or not. You probably witnessed the prejudicial practices by the high ranking SPLAM commanders against the ordinary people's perceptions and idealogy that would establish democracy in the south. Such an attempt to introduce democratic is lookdown upon by the same people and are the ones I had paralysing suspicion that, the would distort the changes that are coming in for the freedom, and betterment of the southern Sudanese people.
In order to bring down such contemptuous and malicious actions which are encumbrance to the political transformation in the south, the considered subordinates, should form strong bond and alliance with common understanding that would work against the present leaders'mess and despotism later in Southern Sudan. If we stand together in many respects, the adversaries of democracy will have no chance to preach enmity and anarchy to its people.
Since almost all prominent politicians in the South, are after their own businesses other than recognising their peoples' efforts in struggle, we too should not follow their footsteps as it disturbs the stability of the nation.othewise thanks once again Mr. Alic.for raising such a wonderful question that had been lingering on majority's minds. what you have mentioned has no lie in it; we have experienced it while we were young soldiers in the movement and we are goingto experience the same thing in southern Sudan; should our learders continue to promote austerity, discontent and violence in pretense of democracy in the South by tomorrow.
