The Sudanese state governors’ panic attacks
Christine Shams writes: The Sudanese state governors’ panic attacks
The current state of affairs of the administrative governments in the states yet to be affected by the war indicates a state of panic, administrative confusion, and lack of direction. The Islamists who managed to ignite the war and support its ongoing continuation are now terrified of it as it continues to expand towards them like a ball of open flames. Therefore, they rush to impose a false reality of stability, the resumption of studies with schools opening, as if life had returned to its normal state.
It’s a false claim that has nothing to do with reality, as schools and shelters are filled to capacity with displaced people fleeing the hell of war, but malicious schemes were necessary to expel the displaced and force them back to the conflict areas from which they fled seeking survival, so state governors engaged in a fierce competition to win the title of “The Most Unhinged Governor.”
The governor of El-Gedaref restricted the movement of displaced people except with identification papers and prohibits minimum wage (margin) labor under the pretext of “enemy intelligence”. He ordered the arrest of “crazy -mentally unstable- people” roaming the markets under the same pretext.
The governor of Kassala prevented a passenger bus carrying displaced people from entering the state and justified his actions by claiming that Kassala is full and could no longer handle the further influx of new displaced people.
The displaced people seeking shelter in port Sudan were fined and arrested for working in the market, displaying their goods on the ground, and were subsequently deported to barracks that did not offer any of the basic services.
As for the governor of the “River Nile” state, he was able to accomplish winning first place in this race when he decided to “clean” the schools of the displaced people, as he put it, in preparation for the resumption of studies. He then resorted to harassing the displaced and raiding them. The situation was further exacerbated to reach a climax of arbitrary arrests and imprisonment on charges of “resisting an eviction order,” and forcing them to become homeless and live on the streets.
*What is for God*
Perhaps they forgot the de facto authority or forgot that it was -in itself- a displaced government under the auspices of its commander-in-chief. However, the Islamists, wherever they found space, would spread corruption in the land.
*What is for Caesar*
Perhaps some states have yet to be affected by the war, but the authoritative hands of man’s enemies did, rendering those states no longer befitting of the living.
