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ICC Impacts on the Sudanese's Politics
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A decision made by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of justice, issuing arrest warrant for the President of the Sudan Omer Hassan El-Bashir has a significance and repercussions on the Sudanese’ politics. These impacts are garnering toward the social democratization transit and the exit from the darkest political manipulation to free democratic society; it could be the end of political isolation and marginalization of the grassroots by special elitists in the Sudan; it is going to be the year that introduces justice and equity in the Sudan; there are possibilities of putting Sudan into economic isolation through sanction if the Sudanese communities fail to cooperate with the international communities and it could affect the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement(CPA) signed by both parties the SPLM and NCP, leading to the roadmap for peace in Southern Sudan. These happenings will only affect the civilians in the Sudan, and complicate the Government of Southern Sudan to remain ambivalence in support for the ICC arrest warrant to the President of the republic.

In this article, I am going to analyze insight issues that will incapacitate SPLM to remain ambivalence, but remain at the close door intellectually because Sudan People Liberation Movement (SPLM) is part of the coalition government in the Sudan. I will discuss impacts ICC will have on the Sudanese political arena and lastly offer an intuitive future of the Southern Sudan in the mid of such crisis in the Country.

Insight Issues Affiliated to the Arrest Warrant of the President
For the Skeptics, it is really a good time to believe that it has happened before day light that President Bashir’s indictment was not hesitantly and flawlessly handle, it has taken time pragmatically for the Judges to remain positively judgmental to the president’s incrimination against crimes on humanity. It is very obvious that the Darfurians will not only celebrate, but feel accommodate that they are part of the societal human values. In addiction, this verdict does not empower Darfur alone, but it enhances democratization movement and human right watch dogs in the Sudan to prosecute injustice and establish accountability, transparency, social equity, liberty, civil rights, and gender consideration.

Since Sudanese politics have been marked by culture of marginalization and elitism, the judgment for the President’s Arrest warrant and trial at The Hague has opened door to all those doubting that ground has shift beneath them. It should be realized that every dog has its own day and so you might be very powerful as Adolf Hitler of Germany but days go without saying what the future hold for you. How will this arrest warrant complicate peace roadmap in Darfur and CPA in Southern Sudan? How will ICC get the President of the republic? And will President remain as serving head of the state? I think these questions need to be hammered so that public in Darfur and Southerners are aware of the repercussions should the President defy the ICC judgment.
The arrest warrant will complicate the capacity of SPLM to de-emphasize the ICC decision to arrest the President simply because SPLM is part of the coalition government in the Sudan. SPLM will remain steadfastly defending the CPA and the interest of the Sudanese because there is no way you can be a sister-brother-government and tend to be bad friend, after all the issue is for the Sudanese. CPA is the priority that GoSS president need to protect and by protecting the CPA, he must not isolate himself from the problem facing his country, but to either be ambivalently cautious and urge the NCP to cooperate for the peace inside Sudan, telling National Congress Party (NCP), it is not the problem of Southerners and Darfurians alone, but problem of the whole Sudan; therefore, cooperation with ICC is the last resort. SPLM is facing a difficult decision to make because GoSS is being supported financially by the international communities like USA, British, Norway….etc through developmental projects.

From this perspective, it is a stringent for the GoSS to side to the president or ICC except to remain ambivalence, in order to protect CPA implementation and her interest at the international level. Many people think that this arrest warrant is not going to affect 2009 election and referendum 2011. It is indeed the greatest factor that will hinder the capacity to conduct election in 2009 unless President El- Bashir has a heart of humanity to surrender himself for trail at The Hague. SPLM is decisively vulnerable right now to take any concrete decision on what is going to be the future of the Sudan since Salva Kiir is the next 1st VP. All decisions of handing over the President are off-limit to 1st VP Kiir Mayardit and a decision to govern this country is out of reach unless President EL-Bashir gives up the position.

Is there a possibility of peace negotiation between the Sudan Government with Darfur rebel? Peace! This question have no definite answer because if the president is being prosecuted, so who is going to negotiate with the rebel. But I think it is definitely a no answer. The Darfur rebel’s plan for peace negotiation and other important schematic plans will remain pending until the arrest warrant has been cleared, and if there is going to be any successor to President EL-Bashir should he give away a power. Any future further dialogue between the rebel and Sudanese government will only be conducive after the settlement of the arrest warrant. SPLM has no ground to intervene in the negotiation but to urge both parties to come to the negotiation table to iron out their grievances.

How will the ICC get the president? Issuing arrest warrant is simply a statement but implementing it, is a die-hard issue that will be like a cat meeting a rate. The difficult part that is now inexplicit is who is going to hand over the president and who is going to capture him. This responsibility still remains under the auspicious of the ICC to decide who is handling the problem. More significantly, there are going to be opposing views from the Arab world, Russia and probably China. These oppositions need to be put into accountability if this problem is handed over to the United Nations (UN) to implement it. Russia and China have been long-term investors to Sudan since 1998 oil extraction began. This relation will not let the Chinese and Russian governments to support the arrest warrant at the UN voting session, implementing the indictment of the President. And then there is African Union leaders behind the President, who are sycophants -alienated by the fear of their brutal act in their respective countries, because if that door is open for EL-Bashir as president to be indicted, this may also hurt some African presidents. All these are the accounts that are going to face the ICC decision.

The Future of Southern Sudan
In general, if the NCP chooses to defy ICC over the matter of handing over the President to The Hague, this will affect Sudan’s economics. Because Sudan will be put into economic isolation through international economic sanction and overseas investment interaction, resulting to market decline and sustainable economic growth through the sales of oil and other market-driven investment in the Sudan. It is an explicit game, there is no doubt about that this will have substantial consequences on the Country’s Gross Domestic Production (GDP). However, there are alternatives since SPLM have been fighting for 21 years; SPLM was very vigilant to win war and persuade negotiators at the international and national levels, innovatively leading to the present CPA. Therefore, in the mid of the president’s indictment SPLM will prevail.

It takes encouragement and optimism to stand unwavering for the firm leaders to screen out and prioritize their positions when disasters like these happens. This has now put the intelligentsia of the President of the semi-autonomous Southern Sudan, President Kiir Mayardit’s pragmatic and radical ideology in decision-making process into test. If he handles this situation with courteous leadership and responsible approach, then he has saved the people of Southern Sudan from chaotic destabilization by deconstructing the problem that is likely to engulf CPA.
Optimism is the philosophical trend that Southerners predict in the apocalyptic regime of Khartoum. If this arrest warrant is going to result negatively into civil upheaval repercussion, then this will give Southerners an opportunity to secede immediately from the North. SPLM is now heading a government not a rebel anymore; this places the GoSS into ideal scenario to secure their position in the government of national unity by rejecting misleading persuasion from the presidency in supporting ICC defiance. The people of Southern Sudan have wild opportunities that would translate into their independent before referendum 2011. I think General Lt. Kiir Mayardit has not been sleeping since he took an oath of the GoSS office. He must be prepared to confront his counterpart if they retaliate to destroy CPA. CPA is not going to be annihilated because if anything happen, I think Mr. President Kiir should be in position of announcing unilateral declaration of independent of Southern Sudan immediately. President Kiir now has the greatest wild opportunity in his government.


March 5, 2009 | 10:32 PM Comments  0 comments

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