South Sudan’s Pagan Amum returns to Juba in preparation for reinstatement
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June 22, 2015 (JUBA) – Pagan Amum, former secretary general of the
South Sudan’s ruling party, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement
(SPLM), returned to Juba on Monday to negotiate his reinstatement into
the party led by president Salva Kiir, ending more than one year of
being in exile in neighbouring Kenya. He was accompanied by Kenyan
defence minister.
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The SPLM’s former secretary-general, Pagan Amum, talks to reporters
following his release outside the court in Juba on 25 April 2014
(Photo: Anadolu Agency/Atem Simon)
Ex -SPLM secretary general Pagan Amum speaks to his supporters
after his release outside the court room in Juba on 25 April 2014
(Photo Atem Simon / Anadolu Agency)
Amum, according to Akol Paul Kordit, spokesperson of members of the
SPLM faction allied to president Salva Kiir and negotiating in Arusha
talks, will meet members of the party’s political bureau and national
liberation council.
Speaking to reporters on arrival at Juba international Airport, Kordit
said the leadership was ready to leave behind the past so that the
country returned to peace and stability in order to move forward.
“People who choose to be the hostages of the past never see the
future. We have made a choice not to be taken hostage by the past,”
Kordit told reporters in a reconciliatory tone.
“A year plus or two years are enough for emotions to cool down, for
bitterness and hate that come with the conflict to be ended. This
country needs peace, it needs reconciliation, tolerance and needs
unity for it to develop,” he said.
Earlier, Kordit revealed that the results of the weekend meeting of
the former detainees and those in the government agreed to work
together towards reunification of the SPLM and to develop one position
paper with the government on the resolution of the conflict with armed
opposition fighters.
On behalf of the former detainees, John Luk Jok, former justice
minister, said he expected that discussions to be held with president
Kiir and senior members of the ruling party would concentrate on the
reinstatement of Amum to his previous position as secretary general in
the party.
“We have come back with Comrade Pagan Amum today, which will be a
great day for the SPLM and we believe that the meeting the SPLM
leadership is holding will lay to rest the issue of the secretary
general which has been unresolved,” Jok said.
“There are many issues to be resolved by the [SPLM factions] so that
there can be full peace in the country,” he added.
Amum’s Monday return followed a series of talks after two visits of
some of the group of former detainees led by Deng Alor, who over the
weekend held meetings with president Kiir and some members of the
political bureau and national liberation council.
It is not clear under what circumstances the former secretary returned
after he had been a critical voice calling on both president Kiir and
former vice-president, Riek Machar, to quit politics so that it
provided an opportunity for others to take over to unite the country.
He claimed that the actions of the duo had polarized the country and
its people on tribal and regional lines.
But his critics say Amum and his group were part and parcel of the
conflict and therefore not the right choice of South Sudanese to take
over the leadership.
Amum and ten others were accused of allegedly attempting to oust the
government of president Kiir. They denied any wrong doing and the high
court threw out the case.
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23 June 00:24, by Akol Liai Mager
It’s great to see the processes of reuniting the party
progressing. Having said that however, SPLM still a revolutionary
Movement and still thirsty of eating its babies and therefore, Ustaz
Amum must be careful in his movement because I personally do not want
to see his return ending up like that of Dr John Garang. Wishing him
safe return and good luck.
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23 June 03:45, by Ahmed Chol
The past has not passed. Good for him to return. Kiir
followers should stop harassing all that returned back for peace to
return.
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23 June 07:33, by Mi diit
Talking to Kiir in Juba will not bring peace. The best
approach is to first reach a comprehensive peace agreement in Addis
Ababa and people go back to Juba only to implement it, and not to beg
Salva Kiir to accept reforms and democratic processes. He will never
accept them in Juba. He only thinks that Pagan Amum and the rest of
former detainees are simply surrendering to his authority.
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23 June 00:43, by Marco A. Wek
Any family has their internal differences and I wished it didn’t
ended up the way it did with SPLM although the SPLM now differs
greatly from the one during struggle. Money and quest for leadership
is for sure the enemy that turns what is supposed to be good to be
awful. Amum has respect of a lot of South Sudanese.
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23 June 00:53, by Marco A. Wek
SPLM has to totally back away from corruption if they to regain
people’s confidence. Do what you SPLM used to say during the struggle.
Do what you preached during the struggle. If it was bad for our
brothers in Northern Sudan to marginalize our people as you used to
say, then it is too bad for SPLM to marginalize it’s people. Learn
from your mistakes.
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23 June 04:07, by lino
It is time for leadership change!!! If Kiir couldn’t deliver in
last 10 years of his leadership, what can we expect from him in the
next 3 years???
All organization are changing around the world; only changes bring
hope to people and countries. South Africa would have not changed if
Mandela was in power for more than 5 years. Let us take it as an
example for this back nations.
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23 June 06:40, by Kenyang
Cdr. Pagan Amum is a born champion and a true winner in this round
of Riek second bloodbath for power.
His future remains bright both within the SPLM and among South Sudanese.
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23 June 07:18, by William Atak Garang.
reunification of SPLM party will mark a key step for peace,unity
and transparency in the Government. hopefully peace will prevail and
pessimistic should be eliminated in our party. President Kiir need to
be carefully for the safety of those politician without them, I think
peace will not come to S. Sudan. God will touch your hearts to abandon
War and unite yourselves as a founders of SPLA/SPLM.
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23 June 07:34, by Nyesi Ta
It is about Jobs, Jobs, and Jobs. The return of these thugs is all
about jobs. These fellows were used to making money from the loots for
the last 10 years and how do we expect them to starve themselves to
death when their colleagues are busy accumulating wealth from the
loots. It would have been better if Kiir had murdered them to stop
them from looting public funds, but unfortunately...
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23 June 07:39, by Son of Ngundeng
They Are position seekers of 9/July 2015.
If they fail they will make success coup.
Son of Ngundeng currently
in front line Pathay Jonlei
...........STATE...........
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23 June 08:05, by Redeemer
Son of Ngundeng
Pagan never asks for positions throughout the talks from
Adis,Nairobi, SA and in Tanzania. Today marks it clearly on who is the
man of people and who are the leaders of positions. South Sudanese
wake-up !!!, he is just making it for the sake of the country
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23 June 08:39, by Redeemer
Son of Ngundeng
For your information, for 21 years plus Pagan never went
back to Khartoum for positions, He is a state man far from tribal
politics, he is not like those who says no peace without executive
powers. Shame on you and you have apologize right here
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23 June 08:32, by Eastern
Pagan returned to Juba to cover his possible indictment for the
unaccounted over USD 30 million that went missing allegedly under his
nose; how pathetic!
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23 June 08:41, by Padiet Deng Alony
Pagan said before when he was even the secretary of the SPLM that
SPLM failed party. he is coming now to be reinstated as secretary
shame on our politician they never learn any thing from our late hero
Dr. John Garang. why let dying poor South Sudanese invain. is only God
to help my people from the looters
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