Is the South Sudanese President's Political Career Over after Pissing Himself on Live TV? It Depends.

[KYHorn 17,200]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/south-sudan-president-salva-kiir-mayardit-wets-himself-on-live-tv 

 

Spoiler

The president of South Sudan wet himself on live television while at a public event in the north African country on Tuesday, according to videos shared in local media. Salva Kiir Mayardit, 71, was in full view of the cameras at the time of the incident, which reportedly took place at a ceremony for the opening of a new road. A cameraman apparently tried to spare Kiir’s blushes by quickly panning away from the leader as he looked down at his darkening trousers. In the footage, Kiir was sporting his trademark black stetson hat, a look which he adopted after being gifted a stetson by George W. Bush on a visit to the White House in 2006. Kiir has been the president of South Sudan since 2011 following his country’s vote for independence from the north.

 

Edited December 16, 2022 by KYHorn

[Kennythetiger 9,477]

Always wear a dark suit. 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13,527]

If peeing your pants is cool consider me Miles Davis.

[South Austin 52,626]

Are we sure it’s piss?

[smuggs 9,353]

A nation's leader should show greater Poise.

[Guest]

Maybe he was covering for someone...

[Captainant 27,810]

1 hour ago, South Austin said:

Are we sure it’s piss?

it's piss.

[South Austin 52,626]

9 minutes ago, slorch said:

Maybe he was covering for someone...

That's model leadership.

[shakahorn 1,645]

A nation's leader should show greater Poise.

Depends on the situation.

[Nivek 16,988]

Matt Rhule better win.

[ztejas 43,545]

What's his handle? 

[atomheartbevo 89,812]

1 hour ago, smuggs said:

A nation's leader should show greater Poise.

59 minutes ago, shakahorn said:

Depends on the situation.

[Cheeseweasel 26,438]

1 hour ago, South Austin said:

That's model leadership.

Seems like the kind of guy who should be running a chain of hotels.

[Macanudo 13,014]

17 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

Seems like the kind of guy who should be running a chain of hotels.

And bankrupt casinos.

[Brisketexan 105,409]

You know, this site is developing an alarming tendency to judge people for things we really shouldn't be judgey about, okay?  Hitting a WEE bit close to home, fellas.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21,935]

I wouldn't judge him for shitting himself, but pissing yourself is a whole different matter

[Grade of D as in David 13,253]

We don't know that he didn't also shit himself.

[Da Fino 2,785]

There is a lot going on in that video. 

[Js1 85,599]

[RPM 26,358]

Just proving it was an all weather road.

[Blotto 23,584]

He could have excused himself and used the restroom, but he might have missed that banger of a performance by the Sudanese National Marching Kazoo Band. And nobody wants to miss that. 

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

You know, this site is developing an alarming tendency to judge people for things we really shouldn't be judgey about, okay?  Hitting a WEE bit close to home, fellas.

At a certain point one must acknowledge you're a nation of ebbs and flows.

[Assman 1,830]

Well I guess we finally know where aggy stole the war hymn from.

[Steel Shank 9,432]

1 hour ago, Assman said:

Well I guess we finally know where aggy stole the war hymn from.

Was thinking the same thing. The South Sudan band plays it better, though.

[Agent 13 314]

6 hours ago, Blotto said:

He could have excused himself and used the restroom, but he might have missed that banger of a performance by the Sudanese National Marching Kazoo Band. And nobody wants to miss that. 

Found their official photo.

[Bigbend1812 12,942]

Poppi?

[Hate 20,146]

I really would have expected a lot more form the South Sudanese military band. /no racist

[Scheiss Meister 8,413]

Man, there's nothing like the sound of a good military band.  That was nothing like the sound of a good military band.

[DaggerHorns 3,099]

[usmc0331horn 967]

Time to have the talk about a six month leave?

[atomheartbevo 89,812]

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-726934

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Six journalists in South Sudan have been detained over the circulation of footage showing President Salva Kiir appearing to wet himself at an official event, the national journalists union said on Saturday. 

The footage from December showed a dark stain spread down the 71-year-old president's grey trousers as he stood for the national anthem at a road commissioning event. The video never aired on television but subsequently circulated on social media. 

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What happened?

The journalists, who work with the state-run South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation, were detained on Tuesday and Wednesday, said Patrick Oyet, president of the South Sudan Union of Journalists.

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They “are suspected of having knowledge on how the video of the president urinating himself came out,” he told Reuters. South Sudan Information Minister Michael Makuei and National Security Service spokesperson David Kumuri did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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The detained journalists are camera operators Joseph Oliver and Mustafa Osman; video editor Victor Lado; contributor Jacob Benjamin; and Cherbek Ruben and Joval Toombe from the control room, Oyet said. “We are concerned because those who are detained now have stayed longer than what the law says,” he added. 

By law, South Sudanese authorities are allowed to detain suspects for only 24 hours before bringing them before a judge. The incident “matches a pattern of security personnel resorting to arbitrary detention whenever officials deem coverage unfavorable,” said the sub-Saharan Africa representative for the Committee to Protect Journalists, Muthoki Mumo.

 

[BearMace 2,206]

I guess the president is pretty pissed the footage leaked. 

[Dennis Taylor 18,875]

[Kennythetiger 9,477]

They’re dead, Jim.