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 Re: رسالة شهيد لشهيد الخاتم عدلان في آخر مخاطاباته لجون قرنق !! (Re: Amjad ibrahim)
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الرسالة بنصها الاصلي لم تكن عندي و الشكر للدكتور عمر النجيب الذي ارسلها لي بالسرعة اللازمة
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A Letter from Khatim Adlan to Dr. John Garang (August 2004) - Original version
His Excellency,
Dr. John Garang de Mabior,
Chairman and C-in-C of the SPLM/A
Dear Brother,
The New Forces Democratic Movement (HAQ), inside the Sudan and in the Diaspora, has consistently and unwaveringly expressed its full solidarity with the SPLM/A, in their heroic struggle for the achievement of a New Sudan of Equality, Democracy, Progress and Social Justice. By the endorsement of the Machakos Protocol in July 2002, and the signing of the peace protocols in Naivasha, Kenya, last May, after ten months of tortuous negotiations with the reluctant representatives of the NIF regime in Khartoum, the people of Southern Sudan and the marginalized areas have made a historic achievement, after which the Sudan will never be the same again, as you succinctly said on the day you signed those protocols. It should be added that the fruits of these agreements will also be reaped by the people of the Sudan in every part of this vast and suffering country. For what you have achieved in Machakos and Naivasha, are not mere legal texts, but a methodology of governance and a way of life, for all the people of Sudan. After long decades of turmoil, strife and conflict, that witnessed the dire consequences of imposing a restrictive identity on a people with such rich diversity, and the propagation of policies of marginalization, wars and extermination, the people of the Sudan have, at last, obtained the chance to be in peace with themselves and to live in peace with each other.
Having expressed our full endorsement of the peace protocols, in many statements we issued to our members and to the Sudanese people, we would like to commend you personally, and pay tribute to the leadership of the SPLM/A, on an achievement, the importance of which is second to none in the history of our country. It is one of those few incidents in our history which we can truly call ‘national’.
We are also aware that the signing of the agreements, as huge as it is, is only one step in the direction of peace, justice and democracy. And although the peace agreement is a partnership between the SPLM/A and the government of Sudan, the role of the former in preserving and developing it, and pushing it towards its ultimate goals, cannot be compared with the role, and the interest, of the latter. In view of this crucial fact, we would like to mention some of the challenges that lie ahead and which call for exceptional leadership qualities which you have always proved to possess.
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The peace protocols, with their huge amount of text, need be made available for the Sudanese people everywhere in the country, and in their own mother tongues, whenever possible. They should be explained, defended and marketed in the best possible way, so as to be owned by the people themselves, which is the best guarantee against all potential renegades. The leadership of the SPLM/A, and first and foremost, you personally, Dr. John, should talk to the people of the North, in their own language, and explain to them that they are all stakeholders in these protocols and they stand to gain by their honest implementation.
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The agreements are known to be between two parties, and those who are keen to point this out as a serious defect, know very well, that nobody excluded them but themselves. For the first time in the history of governance in the Sudan, people should talk about the sowing, not only the reaping. The question for the self- excluded is this: What have you sown, and why do you want to reap? But although the talks have been bilateral, the results are truly national. In view of this fact, and in view of the national responsibility of the SPLM, a true effort should be made so that all the parties and organizations, across the political, social and cultural spectrum, should be convinced and enabled to endorse the peace agreements as they stand, and make the necessary addenda to them, as future goals to which they are ready to commit and to fight for. We think that a national conference, to be initiated by the SPLM, would be the appropriate venue for the achievement of such a national consensus. We have to say here, that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), with its exclusivist policies and inept Northern leadership, is not the right forum for the achievement of such a consensus. After 15 years under their disoriented stewardship, three-card-tricks and tunnel vision, the Sudanese people have no trust in them, and they themselves, have had their fill of failures and still births. The conference we call for, under the leadership and by the initiative of the SPLM, should exclude nobody, and hence should not be presided over by an exclusivist organization like the NDA.
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On another level, the forces of the New Sudan need now, more than at any previous moment in their history, to come together, build on the achievements of the peace agreements and draw a comprehensive program for the future of the country under the coming democratic regime. Here again, the role of the SPLM, in bringing these forces together, is essential and indispensable. We call on the SPLM to make this task one of its paramount priorities and to call these forces, with their huge, political, cultural and ethnic diversity, to a national congress, to define and chart the best ways for their cooperation and unity. Such a congress, attended by organizations and individuals, committed to the principles and vision, of a New Sudan, would be a suitable platform for some of them to join ranks with the SPLM and allow others to figure out appropriate and flexible ways to work together with it. Over and above, it will allow the SPLM itself, to transform itself to the national organization it has always aspired to be, not in its programs, for it has been more national than any other Sudanese organization in that respect, but in its political influence and actual representation of the widest possible sections of the Sudanese people. We suggest that a steering committee for the convention of that congress, under the leadership of the SPLM, and with appropriate representation of these organizations and individuals, be formed as soon as possible, with a clear mandate and time frame. Our organization is ready to participate in the steering committee, and to exert all possible effort to achieve that goal.
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The huge challenges and formidable tasks, placed on shoulders of the SPLM/A, by the peace agreements, make it the duty of all the professionals and educated people of the Sudan, to lend a helping hand, each in his or her specialization and expertise. We call on all the professionals of Sudan: economists, oil experts, doctors, teachers, engineers, lawyers, human rights activists, women activists, nurses, administrators, media people, artists …. Etc to discuss among themselves and within their organizations and networks the sort of help or service they can possibly render to the South and the marginalized areas in this crucial moment in the history of our country, and to coordinate their efforts with the SPLM and through it.
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We know that the unity of our country, to which the SPLM is firmly committed, depends on the way we, in the North, conduct ourselves during the interim period, and the indications we give of our conduct after it. We are happy to declare that our small organization is ready to do whatever it takes to give a positive image and to make a positive contribution to this noble cause. We are equally aware that what we can do will increase ten fold, and maybe more, if it is done in mutual support and in close cooperation with the SPLM. It is also important to point out that our potential relationship with the SPLM is open-ended: it doesn’t exclude any form of organizational affiliation and it stops short of nothing in that respect. As for political programs, we have been seeing eye to eye in almost all major developments during more than a decade now.
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We don’t need to talk about the strange bed fellows the SPLM has been compelled to deal with. We don’t need to bring to your attention what you know better than we do about the deceptiveness, stratagems and broken promises of your co-signatories. But we think that the advantage of the peace protocols you have signed this time is that they are fortified with all the possible guarantees that you could muster. What we have indicated here is a contribution to these guarantees, and we would be happy to be part of a formidable hurdle in the face of any relapse to the old ways and deeds. The fact that the farce of the Emperor’s new clothes has been mercilessly exposed will help us in our efforts.
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Our last point is that you personally Dr. John, and the SPLM/A, are now living your finest hour. You have ushered our country into a new era of peace and reconciliation. Democratic governance, social justice, respect for human rights, acknowledgement and respect for diversity, have for the first time become achievable goals. The demystification of our people about their origins, allowing them to come to terms with their past and discover their essential unity, are exceptional achievements to which you can lay claim with full legitimacy. Still, the way ahead is full of challenges, and the political valleys of the Sudan are strewn with uncountable mines, as you yourself have indicated. You need all the hands you can find. Our hands are outstretched with hope, sincerity and trust.
Yours,
Elkhatim Adlan,
President of Executive Committee,
New Forces Democratic Movement (HAQ)
London 25.8.2004
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