South Sudan’s SPLM SG resigns from his ministerial position Article Comments (4) Email PrintSave --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
July 18, 2011 (JUBA) – The Secretary General of the ruling party in South Sudan, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), Pagan Amum, is said to have submitted his resignation from his ministerial position of Peace and CPA Implementation, Sudan Tribune has learnt. Pagan Amum (Getty) According to official sources from the SPLM who preferred anonymity because the president has not yet approved the submission by Amum, the SPLM SG as a result did not show up to take oath of office as a caretaker minister with the rest of ministers last Sunday, July 10, despite his reappointment by the president to temporarily remain as caretaker in his ministry until the new cabinet is formed. Amum was appointed last year as the minister in the newly created portfolio of peace ministry and recently led the SPLM delegation to the talks in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, over the issue of Abyei. The SPLM official further told Sudan Tribune that Amum’s resignation may further affect his current position as the Secretary General of the party and may as well resign from the party position. There was no clear explanation given as to why he decided to resign at this moment. Different speculations by officials suggest that Amum has recently differed with his boss, the SPLM chairman, Salva Kiir Mayardit, over issues not specified. Others say the new government to be formed does not allow party cadres holding positions in the party secretariat, such as Amum, to also work at the same time as constitutional post holders in the government. Amum recently also exchanged counter-accusations with his junior in the party, the former federal minister of petroleum in Khartoum, Lual Achuek Deng. The SG accused the former petroleum minister of betraying South Sudan by illegally giving 40% of July share of the oil revenues to North Sudan despite the ending of sharing on July 9, in accordance with the CPA. Deng reacted by counter-accusing his senior, Amum of embezzling three million dollars and selling VIVACEL telephone company in South Sudan. He also denied the sole responsibility of selling the oil, saying the process was blessed by the President of South Sudan. (ST) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
