18/05/2024
THE RADICAL STATEMENT OF FIGHTERS ON THE CURRENT LEADERSHIP CRISIS OF ASA-UOJ
Saturday 18 May, 2024
It was on 30th of April when 9 Executive Members of ASA-UOJ broke out from Executive and accused Chairman of mismanagement of funds and from that very day, we alerted the General Assembly of ASA-UOJ students that we are going to clarify fighters position towards this alleged leadership crisis.
On the following day, we clarify the waves that yes, we were vocal in pronouncing Mr. Amet Majok Majok to become a Chairman of ASA-UOJ but not to an extent that when he steals, we will defend him, we don't defend thieves and we equally added that, now, a way is open for those 9 Executive Members and all the members of General Assembly who have documented evidences towards Chairman, Secretary General and Finance Secretary to fight and bring them to book and make sure that if you get clear evidences, we will follow you.
From that day, Lual Deng Lual, the Deputy Information Secretary approached us, explained everything and we understood him, we also promised him that we are going to be there for you because we are for anti-corruption and accountability but let this war has no "election-face" meaning that a war should be just and honorable war without emotions of elections because most of you were from that side but we prioritises NBGS not who we were during elections.
We also told them (9Executive Members) that direct General Assembly based on constitutional proceedings to sit down and form an investigatory committee or fact finding committee to audit the Chair, SG and FS basically on the data that you have gathered and is currently available at hand against them but unfortunately, they failed.
9 Executive Members begun with visiting NBGS Coordination Office illegally without even informing General Assembly which was unconstitutional because there is no any single article that indicates Coordination Office or Coordinator as the mediator of ASA-UOJ affairs and as Aluong is always not disappointing, he humiliated them so much in his office and again, they rushed-in and recognized illegal committee which was formed without constitutional directives from them (9Executive Members) and worse of all, they resigned leaving everyone confused.
Here, fighters realized that it was not the accountability that they wanted, it was something else and if that's something else, then we are going to fight to defend this mighty Association due to the following reasons;
1. We have realized that out of 9Exexutive Members, 5 were campaign agents of former defeated election opponent of Chairman-elect making a war to reflect election-face and it deserves a boycott.
2. We took decision of picking a fight to defend the ASA-UOJ from this possible collapse because we felt concerned and worried that should ASA-UOJ collapse today, then where will our vulnerable students get foodstuffs in the Hostel in this hardships yet these boys will go and sit feeling their bellies in their Uncles' homes?
3. School from the other hand has reopened and it's much more expensive (high fees) and where will the masses of our poor and vulnerable students get school fees or sponsorship from if ASA-UOJ gets destroyed today by boys whose Uncles and fathers pays their fees?
4. If we destroy ASA-UOJ today, the foundation will stop, and construction of arakubat (shacks) and latrine within students' residence (Hostel) will also stop and we will pay high renting fees again this year like last year when we paid 14 millions and we don't know this year as pound depreciates.
5. The fact that Mr. Amet Majok Majok as the current Chairman-elect regardless of alleged corruption charges labelled against him, he's still being recognized by hundreds within General Assembly as a hardworking person who has set the records that were not there before in history of ASA-UOJ, e.g For the first time that General Assembly of ASA-UOJ set foot in Freedom and for the first time that ASA-UOJ rose funds upto 80millions SSP and for the first time for ASA-UOJ to secure its own Hostel and foundation laid and other more and thus, he who is progressive have no shortage of enemies of progress and that's why General Assembly including us fighters decided to stand with him and boycott this useless war.
6. We wanted to defend the integrity of ASA-UOJ as a most peaceful, progressive and a world-class Association in this country and such dream made us to decide that ASA-UOJ that has never collapse in the history before must not collapse for some dark reasons and if need be, we need peaceful approaches that may not lead to a total collapse.
7. We're not desperate for accountability at the middle where there are crisis. We urges everyone to keep his corruption charges records until during handing-over. It will be to the leadership to defend their position because our students shall have the new leadership which may remain to work for their welfare and General Assembly audits the outgoing.
8. Lastly, we want to warn this group of former campaign opponent of Chairman-elect, Mr. Amet Majok Majok and all those they have misled that this Association doesn't belong to Amet and to destroy it simply because of the fact that Amet has badly defeated you before, then you will meet us in the half way as General Assembly and we will expose you one by one because it can't be that if you fails elections, you will seek to destroy Association. We warn and if you don't, then we will have no choice but to expose you to NBGS to see you as ones of the upcoming destructive politicians it has for the future.
With thanks,
Fighters,
Northern Bhar El Ghazal State - Aweil
Aweil Students' Association at the University of Juba.