النخبة السودانية وإدمان الفشل (منصور خالد نموذجا) !!!

Quote: Dear Bakri, I was reading this morning—as I have become addicted to—the sudaneseonline.com discussion board, a post by Mr. Nathir Mohammed Khalifa titled “the Role of Sudanese Elite in Politics, Mansour Khalid as an Example”. Due to the fact that I am not yet a member of the board, I did not know how to react. So, I thought of taking away part of your busy time and write this letter, in reply to Mr. Khalifa. The gist of Mr. Khalifa post is simple: that Mansour Khalid has disappointed him by accepting the post of an Adviser in the highly populated Republican Palace. He therefore laments the fact that Mansour accepting the post when, in his many books, he has been decrying the failure of the elite in guiding the Sudan to safety shores. I believe that there is a simple fact that has escaped the attention of Mr. Khalifa and perhaps many of the board participants. Indeed, Dr. Mansour Khalid is not participating in the government as an individual, but as a member of SPLM/SPLA. Unless we do not believe a northerner cannot become a member of a political organization that is predominantly southerner, then I do not see the basis for people like Nathir wanting a united Sudan. Mansour Khalid is in the SPLM, to prove to Mr. Khalifa and his likes that a northerner can be a member of the SPLM and be appointed to the government in which SPLM is a participant. Mr. Nathir Khalifa has absolutely missed that point and thought that Dr. Mansour is participating as an individual. I do not know how much Mr. Khalifa would be shocked when he will learn next week that Government of the South consists of a couple of northerners who are members of the SPLM, as ministers. If Khalifa is objecting to the participation of the SPLM in the present political system, that is a different issue altogether. Here, Mansour Khlid has no responsibility as an individual, but a collective responsibility with the other members of the party. He is therefore an adviser to the leader of his party, SPLM, and not to al-Bashir. Regards Charles Deng [email protected]