Edited sentence: As an example, the southern Sudanese had the right on the common land of the south and thus were eligible to vote, thus voting was not determined by the private property ownership.GOODHUE 2008 , McCarthy 1996, 2003, and 2004,  by all means of modern laws , if a person has right on the common ownership of a specific land this will directly imply the right to decide on the future of his property see McCarthy 1996, 2003, and 2004.It's obvious that if someone has own private property this will not give him the right to vote.It’s also clear that over the decades the Messiria have established their ownership by further having their own homes and own properties in the land as different form the common ownership of the land.On contrary while the Najok Dinka right on the voting is established, it is to be noted that a large number of them are not currently resident in the Abyei area, and have fled the region further North to Khartoum, thus creating theoretically a scenario where a Messiria born and raised in the region has no right to vote whereas a Najok who has not seen the region before has the right to vote which may violate equality standards.The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), in The Hague, has given the Messiria the grazing right, this will imply the right on the common ownership of the land  see RACHAEL E.This common ownership of the land is different from and should not to be confused with private ownership of private property