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What is the fate of the North-South Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in the Sudan along the unsolved Darfur crisis? |
dukegeff 2010-01-18 05:43:33
How can a citizen who is bombed progressively, intimidated, in other words in the threat of being arrested & tortured, and above all unprotected form all sorts of possible humanitarian threats participate in national elections with all these hell of vulnerability surrounding their souls.
"Justice delayed is justice denied!"
Well, there comes a national election in April 2010 as a requirement stipulated in the CPA. What a la man will not be able to understand is, shall the Darfurians participate in the upcoming elections in April 2010? If not, shall it be called a national elections or partial election?
Shall the world watch the CPA crumble and fade away due to the political greed of a few greedy political animals in the Sudan?
Shall the election be free and fair? if so How? Do we have perfect monitoring mechanisms to ensure that the upcoming elections be free and fair?
If there shall not be elections, consequently, there shall be no referendum, what shall be the meaning of the CPA then? Wasted efforts and resources.
Let the world be aware that if the South by any means goes into war again, that means that the witnesses of the CPA singed in 2005 were reluctant to follow up the implementation to the end. With the rate of arms proliferation in this century, Any war in Sudan by the marginalized groups shall be more bloodier than the one ended by the CPA or any liberation movement in the continent of Africa. Shall the pain not only be felt by the marginalized peoples of the Sudan but the whole world since the planet earth has become a global village with virtually no borders. The only groups of people who are praying and shall always pray for a fresh war in the Sudan are the weapon sellers; for it is from it that they shall gain because it is their livelihood business.
A number of countries have already been attached to the ongoing arms race going on in the Sudan in all fronts, and this is a clear sign of imminent war incase of any failure to resolve the hanging issues in the CPA and peace talks between the Khartoum government and the Darfur rebels.
Shall the international community do any compromise of abuse of human rights in a clearly defined movement for redemption of rights by laying back and watching from a distance?
It is therefore high time the witnesses of the agreement stepped in to harmonize the state of affairs right now in the Sudan at this most fragile state at which the document has reached and make sure that the bottom-line of the agreement is reached upon expiry. And continue to work diligently with all parties throughout Sudan in pursuit of peace and stability in Darfur, for full implementation of the North-South Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), and to prepare for what happens after the CPA expires in July 2011.
May the Direct talks between the Government of Sudan and Darfur armed movements are scheduled to begin in Doha in late January yield a negotiated political settlement to achieve a lasting and just peace in Darfur and together the Sudanese shall move on to decide their destiny be it Unity or succession.
God save the Marginalized peoples of the Sudan.
Geoffrey .L. Duke.
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