Changes in SPLM sparks division in N. Bahr el Ghazal
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January 4, 2015 (JUBA) – Members of the ruling party (SPLM) in South
Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal state office are sharply divided over
the recent changes in the party leadership, as others questioned why
the military was directly involved in the process.
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Map detail showing South Sudan’s border state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal
Deng Nguac, a member of the SPLM liberation council, described as
unconstitutional the manner in which the deputy SPLM chairperson in
the state, Athian Teng Angok was removed and replaced.
Angok was replaced with Jel Mangok Jel while the party’s secretary
George Garang Lual in the state was succeeded by Unguec Angui.
“The deputy chairperson was popularly elected through members of the
congress. He contested the elections with someone at the time of
election. He was contesting with Jal Malith Jal and was popularly
voted,” Nguac told Sudan Tribune on Sunday.
He said any need for change in the ruling party should follow proper procedures.
“Also the replacement is someone who was not a member of the
liberation council and our constitution stipulates that the deputy
chairperson must be elected from within the members of the council who
were elected into the council from their areas through congress”,
stressed the senior party member.
Nguac said it wrong for the party chairperson to make changes in the
party structure, yet provisions on the constitution were very clear.
“But what happened was a clear violation of the SPLM [constitution] It
was a clear rule of the gun because the whole town was militarised,”
he said.
“The tanks were deployed and the citizens were terrified and blocked
from passing by the area where the meeting was being held. It was a
clear act of intimidation and bullying”, he stressed.
He named Anei Anei Juac, Mangok Mangok Deng, Juer Wol, Ayak Baak
Aguer, Palang Juli, Manut Yel Lual, and William Kolong Pioth as those
added to the liberation council without constitutional basis, which
brings to 58 the total numbers of the council members.
Nguac further claimed there was a planned intention to block the
caretaker governor, Kuel Aguer Kuel from vying for the position of the
SPLM chairperson when the leadership decides to hold congress.
Analysts have expressed concerns that the latest division and sacking
of senior party officials in an apparent power struggle could create
political unrest and uneasiness among SPLM supporters.
"There are two possibilities here. One possibility would be the
prospect of the discontented groups building an alliance and provide
support to governor Kuel Aguer Kuel beause many people are
uncomfortable with the return of the same faces who had served in the
administration of General Paul Malong Awan, who are now the ones
causing confusion and agitating removal of the caretaker governor so
that they could return. The other could be some people deciding to
join opposition because it seems majority are tied of the way someone
has been manipulating the affairs of the state,” further observed the
analyst.
“General Paul Malong Awan wants to rule the state through remote
control and I think this is the reason he has fallen out with the
caretaker governor again”, he added.
(ST)
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