Six rebel factions name Athor president of coalition council
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April 29, 2011 (WAU) – A coalition of six rebel factions on Friday
named renegade General George Athor as president of the newly formed
council, saying the body would serve as an entity for strategic
planning and organisation of the unified operations.
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Head of new rebel coalition, George Athor
The council also selected Abdel Bagi Ayii Akol as vice chairman and
named Peter Gadet secretary of defence. Other members of the council
include Gatluak Gai as chief of general staff and deputy secretary for
operations and Bol Gatkuoth Kol as secretary of foreign affairs and
official spokesman of the council.
Speaking in an interview with Sudan Tribune from undisclosed location
inside Sudan on Friday, Abiel Riing Mijak, a senior member of the
rebel movement, confirmed the formation of what he said was
transitional council and that George Athor was unanimously selected to
the chair unopposed, the same to his deputy, Abdel Bagi Ayii.
’Yes, it is true. The council has been formed. It was formed on
Wednesday 27 April, 2011", said Abiel, adding that there were
suggestions and discussion over the last three months to form a
coordination command council.
"There have been suggestions and discussions for the last one month to
form a body which would control central command and strategic planning
and develop clear and unified policies to guide operation of various
movements. This has now been formed. The chairman and the vice have
been unanimously appointed. General George Athor and General Abdel
Bagi Ayii Akol were selected to lead the transitional period of the
coalition of movement", said Abiel.
The senior member of the rebel movement said they are ready and open
for talks with the Government of South Sudan should the Sudan People’s
Liberation Movement (SPLM) respond to the call for peaceful settlement
of the post-election differences. "We have never rejected any proposal
to settle our differences. We have always shown willingness to talk
with the Government of South Sudan. We have never rejected any
proposal to end the conflict in the area", said Abiel
However, Atem Biar, a senior member of the South Sudan’s governing
party, the SPLM, in a separate interview with Sudan Tribune, from
Juba, said that Athor was not being direct.
"There is no time to waste with Athor and his like now. They do not
need peace. What they say in the media is not what they do.They do the
opposite", said Atem, explaining that Athor used the amnesty offered
by the South Sudan president, Salva Kiir Mayardit, last year, to
recruit and attack.
"They are criminals who have killed innocent people because of power.
They used amnesty offered by the president to recruit and kill
innocent people. They used amnesty as weakness of the government to
raise unnecessary demands thinking that they had power", explained
Atem, rejecting proposals to negotiate with the rebels.
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