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John Garang (St. Catharines / Niagara, ON) wrote at 12:39am
"Democracy, whether in the north or south, should no longer and solely be struggle for power but rather as a competition on providing good governance, development, and delivering social services for our people and restoring the dignity and wealth of every man and woman."Dr. John Garang during the signing of CPA.."

Chol Dhoor Riak. wrote at 6:48pm on August 13th, 2008
Dr.John Garang once said,"There have been wars and there continues to be wars in the Sudan simply because the majority of Sudanese are not stakeholders in governance." That absolutely true....

Mach Abraham Jok Makuei wrote at 3:11am
Garang was everything to us Southerners and to all Sudanese.I wish he had lived for at another 10 years for Sudan would be different now.Anyway there is time for everything.....time 2 be born...time 2 serve and time 2 die...may be his time had come.May his soul rest in eternal peace.

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Marol Abraham (Toronto, ON) wrote at 12:04pm
Moreover, Garang once gave a parable of a hunter. He said "if a hunter finds other hunters having killed an animal and he begs to be given a foreleg, he may not get a piece of meat but if he begs to be given a hind leg, he may get the foreleg. He was alluding to the Sudan as a whole and the South in particular in this parable. He also said a similar thing in the second video I posted when he gave an example of TPLF fighting for Addis Ababa and how Eritrea broke off in the process.Therefore, Garang was using the establishment of New Sudan as a strategy to get what he wantednes and quotes

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Marol Abraham (Toronto, ON) wrote at 11:52am
In one of the Youtube videos, Garang indicated that he didn't want to confine himself to fighting for the freedom of the South only. He wanted to identify with the other Non-southerners who were also oppressed so that he gets alliances. He has explained that clearly because that is the point where most of his commanders misunderstood him that he was fighting for the whole Sudan. So he wanted to collaborate with the other marginalized people of the North to make liberation easier.In addition, Garang used that to gain support from the international community since the international could not support a rebel who wants to divide a country. He was a politician and a military man at the same time, hence his words should not be taken literally always.

Mike-Mike Aluong wrote at 1:37am
Thanks Marol Abraham. Before I disagree or agree with you on this quotation, I would like you to view or watch the "You tube" you just posted the link to find the point of talk. If you correctly defined the vision of the SPLM/A, then you will definitely know where Garang was standing between the two long historical viewpoints.

Marol Abraham (Toronto, ON) wrote at 10:04pm yesterday
Mr. Mike, Garang was not a unionist but he had a reason as to why he didn't limit himself to liberating only the Southerners. Follow this link(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr_sxUTYkUw) and this link(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr_sxUTYkUw). He is misunderstood by many.

Alakiir Akur Ayom (Chestnut Hill)
wrote at 7:44pm
Okay Garang paved the way for us, now it time to move on instead of dwelling. R.I.P Uncle you are forever loved.

Mike-Mike Aluong wrote at 2:34pm
Diktor John Garang Said: "I was not satisfied with the objectives and the aims of the Anya Nya as a Movement. This was because the Anya Nya Movement at that time stood basically for the secession of the Southern Sudan to form a separate sovereign state. Before I joined the Anya Nya Movement, I went to the Camp of General Joseph Lagu, the Commander of the Anya Nya to brief me about the objectives of his Movement. From his briefings it was clear that his Movement was a separatist Movement. I told him point blank that I was opposed to secession movements." John Garang said this quotation when he visited Anya Nya I Chairman in Nov. 1987. "Garang is very unionist. He's more unionist than most Southerners," Said Lazarus Sumbeiywo' IGAD Chief mediator. The late Chairman of the SPLM and Commander-in-Chief of the Sudan People's Liberation Army was known by setting his own political ideologies and previaling in long-term period of the post-conflict between South and North War."

John Garang (St. Catharines / Niagara, ON) wrote at 1:41am
'"if we cannot rise to the challenge and move to the New Sudan, it is better that the Sudan breaks up (to two parts) before it breaks down (to innumerable fragments).