Article 9.
(1) The Bill of Rights is a covenant among the people of South Sudan and between them and their government at every level and a commitment to respect and promote human rights and fundamental freedoms enshrined in this Constitution; it is the cornerstone of social justice, equality, and democracy.
(2) The rights and freedoms of individuals and groups enshrined in this Bill shall be respected, upheld, and promoted by all organs and agencies of government and by all persons.
(3) All rights and freedoms enshrined in international human rights treaties, covenants, and instruments ratified or acceded to by the Republic of South Sudan shall be an integral part of this Bill.
(4) This Bill of Rights shall be upheld by the Supreme Court and other competent courts and monitored by the Human Rights Commission.
In sub-article (1) above, there is an agreement among the South Sudanese themselves and them and their government at every level: national, state, county, payam, and boda. All these levels of government are constitutionally committed to respecting and promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms enshrined in the Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan (2011).
Sub-article (2) of the Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan (2011) orders the respect, upholding, and promotion of the rights and freedoms of individuals and groups enshrined in the constitution by all organs and agencies of government and by all persons.
No officer in uniform has the right to rob me at any time and abuse me because I am not in uniform, or I don’t speak his language, or because of my color, or because of one’s political affiliation, or because of one’s tribe, etc.
Sixth Paragraph:
Committed to establishing a decentralized democratic multi-party system of governance in which power shall be peacefully transferred and to upholding values of human dignity and equal rights and duties of men and women.
Establishment of a multi-party system in our country has not been given a chance; honestly, this government has been struggling to fix political order, but the major enemy of South Sudan, the Sudan National Islamic Front regime, does not give this a chance to happen. To make it worse, some hungry powerful South Sudanese were backed up by that system in Sudan to disturb his own people in South Sudan, thinking he was doing a good job.
It is the right time now to wake up my dear government, establish a multi-party system, and don’t give anyone a anyone a chance to run out and shout from far away. If you are a political party, register, and do your political activities, and if you want parliamentary seats or a presidential seat, I tell you to wait for the election in a few months. I don’t encourage fighting and the destruction of the few infrastructures we have. Our airport is the worst in Africa; we don’t have a have a proper road network, no railway, and no proper water transport, so if these few and poor-quality infrastructures are destroyed, how and when are we going to build new ones? Please don’t.
Seventh Paragraph:
Conscious of the need to manage our natural resources sustainably and efficiently for the benefit of present and future generations and to eradicate poverty and attain the Millennium Development Goals.
We, the people of South Sudan, are “conscious of the need to manage our natural resources sustainably and efficiently,” so what is the problem? If there is consciousness, it means there is an intention and will to manage natural resources sustainably, continuously, or continuously without any problem. So again, why has this not happened? Or maybe it is for oil.
These resources are said to be “for the benefit of the present and future generations,” are you sure? If the present generation is not getting only salaries for six to seven months, what kind of benefit are we talking about?
And again, these resources are “to eradicate poverty and attain the Millennium Development Goals.”
Oh God, have mercy upon us. Poverty eradication? 19 years old, did you know how the South Sudanese dramatically lost their firms, cattle, goats, and honey fields, became poor, and are now in the worst poverty? Do you know?
If these “Millennium Development Goals” I recommend be amended in the ongoing constitutional review process; these are old school terms that have expired for a long time. Please find out where the world is. And don’t leave us behind.
I want to conclude by saying that we are all nationalists in our capacities and the role we play in maintaining our country, South Sudan. As for those who are tasked with serving the people of South Sudan, please do it to the best of your ability. This country is ours for good; nobody is going to take it from us. Our children are going to inherit from us, and it will be so for generations, and of course, history is going to record itself if we want it or don’t want it. So, the best is to record a good and heroic history.