REINSTATEMENT OF SENIORITY WITH CORRECT RANKS, AND PROMOTION ADJUSTMENTS

May 29th, 2012

To: H.E. Major General Alison Elia Magaya

Minister of Interior

Juba, Republic of South Sudan

RE: REINSTATEMENT OF SENIORITY WITH CORRECT RANKS, AND PROMOTION ADJUSTMENTS

Dear Mr. Magaya,

I am a concerned citizen of South Sudan, researcher, an academic, socio-political activist, civil society member, and watch-dog. I am writing to you regarding reinstatement, and promotions of some of South Sudan Police and Prison Officers who have not been promoted according to their batch. The un-promoted Officers have served under the national government of Sudan with competency, efficiency and effectiveness, reinstated and integrated into South Sudan Police Forces with the lower ranks, while their peers of same class were promoted to higher ranks such as Major Generals.

As you know complaint regarding the Police and Prison Officers were submitted to your predecessor’s desk and to your office to look into the promotion concerns of the Police and the Prison Officers who are still not promoted to the same ranks as their colleagues and peers. But the office of your predecessor failed to address and resolve these issues holistically, and now it appears that the current office of Minister of interior is following similar policy of delay, depriving and suppressing the promotions and reinstatement of certain Police and Prison Officers.

Furthermore, I would like to remind you that during the 2010 swearing in ceremony of the President of government of South Sudan, President Salva assured the un-promoted Officers that, he will address the reinstatement and promotions issues promptly, once and for all, and in timely manner. However, it appears that nothing has been done to resolve reinstatement and promotions of the current active Police and Prison Services Officers.

In addition to this, the research showed that there is a new list of inactive Police Officers before President Salva’s desk awaiting Presidential Decree for their reinstatement and promotions. Furthermore, most of the inactive Police Officers were out of police services for over ten years, and some have lived in the Western countries for many years and might have forgotten the police system, while the outstanding Police Officers with excellent performances, excellent academic credentials and excellent experiences are left out from the current promotions and deprive from all constitutional rights. How could South Sudan Police system and the Ministry of Interior explain this discrimination of its own Police Officers? This discrimination will demoralized the effectiveness of police toward crimes reduction. This discrimination will help deprive Police Officers not to act or deter and prevent crimes the high rate of killing crimes in Juba and other parts of South Sudan, and why should priority be given to inactive Police Officers who spent many years abroad without active duty? The first priority should be given to South Sudan Police and Prison Officers who are currently active on duty.

Finally, as a concerned citizen of South Sudan, researcher, an academic, socio-political activist, civil society member, and watch-dog, I would like to see the promotions, reinstatements, and readjustments issues and concerns be addressed as soon as possible, so that the Human Rights and equality be recognized in a timely manner. People of South Sudan fought because of injustice, inequality, and discrimination in the old Sudan regime, and some of South Sudan Police and Prison Officers are experiencing similar injustice, inequality, and discrimination under the current South Sudan government system. Peace without justice and equality is not a peace.

Thanks for your interest in the concerns of citizen of South Sudan and I hope to hear from you soon with favorable results.

Yours sincerely, Justin Laku

P.S. I enclosed to you attached list of deprived and un-promoted Police and Prison Officers

Cc: H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit, President

Cc: H.E. Riek Machar, Ph.D., Vice President

Cc: Hon. James Wani Igga, South Sudan Parliament’s Speaker

Cc: H.E. Clement Wani, Central Equatoria State Governor

Cc: H.E. Louis Lobong, Eastern Equatoria State Governor

Cc: H.E. Joseph Baksoro, Westernn Equatoria State Governo

Cc: H.E. Joseph Bol, South Sudan Senate Speaker

Cc: H.E. the U.S.A., Ambassador to South Sudan

Cc: All Members of National and State Parliaments

Cc: All Foreign Mission Ambassadors in South Sudan

Cc: All International Media House

Cc: All Donors Members States

Cc: All Members of Diaspora

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