Shilluk council questions national dialogue's ability to fix governance crisis: report

[Elisabeth Janaina]

Shilluk council questions national dialogue's ability to fix
governance crisis: report
File photo: Cholo Community elders and intellectuals
File photo: Cholo Community elders and intellectuals

The Chollo (Shulluk) Community Council and intellectuals in the
Sudanese capital, Khartoum have questioned the ability of the national
dialogue committee set up by President Kiir to find solutions to the
current governance problems in South Sudan, according to a new report
released by the national dialogue delegation dispatched to Khartoum in
July.

The national dialogue team led by Deputy Co-chair Gabriel Yoal Dok met
with the council in Khartoum on 24 July to listen to the Cholo
grievances and consult on the dialogue process.

The report said that the chairman of the council asserted that the
primary objective of the Chollo Community Council is to restore the
Shulluk land.

The national dialogue report pointed out that the Chollo council asked
whether the national dialogue effort is to constitute a new system of
governance or not.

It also expressed concerned over massive displacement of the Shuluk
tribe were, adding that the formation of the new states is the main
cause of the crisis in the Shuluk land.

The tribal council pointed out that Shilluk areas have been grabbed.

Separately, the national dialogue team to Khartoum said in its report
that it met with chiefs representing the defunct 10 States and
traditional leaders from Abyei area.

The chief, the report said, asked the government to protect human
rights throughout the national dialogue process and restore the
authority of traditional leaders.

The report pointed out that the traditional leaders called for peace
and security in South Sudan before the people of South Sudan could
return to the country.

The chiefs have reportedly accused the ruling SPLM party of causing
the ongoing conflict in South Sudan.