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Rep Ros-Lehtinen Speaks Out on the Sudan Election

Posted by Collin Young on Mar 17, 2010
 

Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) brought concern over next month’s Sudanese elections to the floor of the House of Representatives on Tuesday. As a ranking member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, she drew attention to the promise of democratic transformation offered by Sudan's 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement, which hasn’t come to pass in the five years since the peace deal was signed. Referring to the upcoming elections as a “sham,” the congresswoman stressed the importance of bringing to justice Sudan’s president, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes in Darfur. She said:

“These elections are a sham - hijacked to legitimize the rule of a reprehensible, murderous regime. Responsible nations must work to ensure Sudan’s butcher answers for his crimes before this process moves forward.”

Tuesday marked Florida's day of action in an ongoing grassroots campaign, Sudan Sham Elections 2010. With events taking place across the United States, activists aim to generate attention to Sudan's elections in the weeks before polling begins and urge U.S. leaders at the highest levels to engage at this crucial moment in Sudan's history.

Watch Congressman Ros-Lehtinen's full remarks on the House floor:

 

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These elections are vital to understand the complex situation in these areas. I work for a party bus rental in Los Angeles but I am a local in the Sudan. I miss my home but its better here.

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Submitted by Ibrahim Adam (not verified) on March 21, 2010 - 4:25am.

Wow. As usual, lots of guff about Sudan's elections from Enough!

Question: What does Congresswoman Ros-Lehitnen know about Sudan anyway??? But she's never been there. That's the real sham about this post - not the elections.

We Sudanese support the elections.

Four out of every five Sudanese registered to vote.

So, Enough!, just give it up - you're not in the driving seat. We are - us Sudanese right here in the mix.

We can make decisions - and grow our own institutions - without Enough and other advocacy groups (unhelpfully) putting its oar in. Western "analysis" like this about Sudan has clearly become something of an industry.

Here's a suggestion: find somewhere else to bleat about: DRC and Somalia - not to mention Gaza, which you remain conspicuously silent about; why???

"We've got a mind of our own, so go to hell if what you're thinking is not right."

The late, great Robert Nesta Marley,

"Could you be Loved".

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Sudan

"Crowd out the activists, crowd-in Sudanese voices who, naturally, know their country best".

Simple statement, simple request.