Kiir’s Amnesty To Rebels Is Not Enough: Opposition South Sudan opposition leader at the National Assembly, Onyoti Adigo, has challenged President Salva Kiir on his commitment to address the issue of rebels fighting in South Sudan. 13 July 2013 Kiir’s Amnesty To Rebels Is Not Enough: Opposition Minority leader Onyoti Adigo said the rebels should be having an objective that needs audience. [Gurtong | File]
By Waakhe Simon Wudu JUBA, 13 July 2013 [Gurtong] - President Salva Kiir on Tuesday reiterated his government’s commitment to an amnesty he offered to rebels fighting his government. However, the opposition said the amnesty is not enough and that more need to be done by the government. “Giving amnesty is not enough. The President should go as far as declaring ceasefire in that state to so that he is committed to peace not war,” Onyoti told Gurtong in an interview on Wednesday. “Declare ceasefire and seek for dialogue with David Yau Yau. But the president is not doing that,” said Onyoti. He said the rebels should be having an objective that needs audience, putting it that; “everybody who is fighting has objective.” He added that, other political detainees like Ex-leader of the opposition party the United Democratic Front (UDF) Abdurrahman Sule should be released to indicate the government’s close commitment to peace. Rebel leader David Yau Yau went to bush right after the 2010 Sudan general elections when he lost in parliamentary vote to his opponent. Both were in the ruling party, the SPLM. According to Yau Yau, the ruling party had rigged the results. His activities since then has intensified and become a threat to the government. He is involved in not only fighting government forces but also reported to be killing innocent civilians. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan had earlier on warned his fight could risk to become a national threat if government has not exert adequate effort to avert the situation. Government had made several attempts in a move to have a dialogue with the rebel leader. However, Yau Yau denied, demanding an international agent to be a mediator. Posted in: Home, Governance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14or1mWuFAyOFKLP5LGXV1-z0W%2BcDH8PRAfW4YjgWpdMwdg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
