Opinion: Indiscipline army is cause of army brutality against protesters in Sherikat

June 6, 2020 Opinions

By Emmanuel Malual

President Salva Kiir posts with members of his senior command, the former SPLA Commanders, who fought for liberation. Besides awarding medals Kiir bashed seniors generals of his military for starving the soldiers and warned to retire them(Photo credit: SSNN)

June 6, 2020 (SSNN) – The level of Army brutality witnessed in Sherikat shooting on Wednesday when hundreds of residents pour on the streets shows that there is more reforms to done in our National Army to so that they will protects the citizens

The army profession is built on a foundation of discipline and standards during training. Discipline and standards are naturally essential within the Army culture of trust between the civilians and the army of the country. Discipline guides our manner of performance of our forces across the country.

We conduct Ourselves according to the discipline of our military and codes of ethics of SPLM/A (SSPDF) during liberation struggles from the North that promotes and advocates the discipline of soldiers and relationship between civilians with Army which was so cordial we chose the hard right over the easy wrong in the face of temptation. Obstacles and diversity The South Sudan people defend forces (SSPDF) to be professional Army. There is very clear guidance from the Army regulations during training and after training which most of the officers must be adhere with it.

It is not an exaggeration when I stated the Army have been forced to do more with less with the current operation against civilians in all part of the country during six years of civil war in South Sudan ongoing operation by Army forces against peaceful protester in Sherikat

The recruits were trained to protects and defend the country sovereignty and also deployment redeployment residents of Sherikat has witnessed soldiers who failed to meet basic Army standards such as repeated discipline issues but country to retained in the Army to meet number requirements for training and deployment as well promotion in the Military ranks to be allowed to awarded be in the Army as results of indiscipline strikes in our national Army

Discipline has always been the cornerstones upon which is built the tradition name, frame and valour of the armed forces. It is discipline that separates ethnics and tribal Army that country should not have such military in some countries National army has got good relationship with civilians especially during calamity the armed forces always committed to rescue the civilians due their good discipline among themselves.

Why then have the standards of discipline gone down? After independence from Sudan the ultimate desire of the youths was to join the armed forces for nine years is to have National Army well trained and equipped to defend our Sovereignty and integrity of our Country South Sudan as to have traditional Army families that encourage youths to defend the country not politicians.

The author is a South Sudanese concerned citizen and can be reached via: malualmakuach77@gmail.com

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