I would like to also add something, as well.
We know that for any system to work there are three pillars of governance: the executive, the judiciary, and the parliament. You will find that the domination, which the Honourable Odwar has just mentioned, is the reality. The domination is basically the greater Bahr el Ghazal leaving the greater Upper Nile and greater Equatorians out. I wanted to specify it so that you are very clear what we are talking about.
For example the president of the Republic of South Sudan is President Salva Kiir, who comes from the Dinka people. You go to the treasury, which is the Bank of South Sudan, and it is held by a Dinka from his tribe and from his state. You go to internal security and the minister is also from his tribe and from his state. You go to immigration and customs, the same. You go to the National Security and all the organized forces are all held by the Dinka, who come from any part of Bahr el Ghazal or from Warrap. You go to the minister of finance and he's a Dinka from Bahr el Ghazal. You go to the minister of mining and energy and he's a Dinka. You go to the chief of the general staff and he's a Dinka. You go to the judiciary and he's a Dinka. All of them are either from his state, the Warrap, or the greater Bahr el Ghazal. Others are left outside with the institutions that are not very strong. That is the thing that brought all these problems.
Coming to the government, the government is weak. In the public service for example the appointment is that of who you know and not what qualifications you have within our government.
In the economic sector there is no transparency. There is no accountability in regard to the national budget. You'll find that security takes the bulk of our national budget, yet the insecurity issues are prominent and people are dying. There is no lack of democracy in the parties and that is what brought the dictatorship. We view Kiir as a dictator because he is not open and he doesn't want a democracy.
You know the history of the SPLM. The SPLM came about as a result of the voluntary service of the South Sudanese who wanted to liberate themselves from the north. There is a need to transform and educate, and make the party conventional so that it is democratic. The formation of other parties also should be encouraged so that multipartisanship is real in South Sudan.
All those things aggravated the root causes of the problem that is happening within South Sudan.
Thank you.