SPLM secretary-general meets South Sudanese rebel leader
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June 25, 2015 (NAIROBI) – The newly reinstated secretary-general of
the ruling SPLM party in South Sudan, Pagan Amum, Thursday has met
with former vice-president, Riek Machar, who leads an armed opposition
faction of the party, to discuss a way forward in the peace process so
as to end the 18-month long conflict.
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SPLM secretary-general Pagan Amum (2d-L) speaks during a meeting with
the SPLM-IO leader (3th-R) in Nairobi on 25 June 2015 (ST Photo)
Amum’s peace delegation that accompanied him to the Thursday’s meeting
with Machar in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, included former cabinet
minister, Deng Alor Kuol, former finance minister, Kosti Manibe and
former deputy defence minister, Majak Agot.
On his part, Machar involved senior officials of the rebel movement
including chief negotiator, Taban Deng Gai, foreign relations
committee chairman, Dhieu Mathok Diing, committee chairman for SPLM
reorganization, Peter Adwok Nyaba and committee chairman for justice
and human rights, Richard K. Mulla, among others.
Rebel leader’s press secretary said the meeting focused on the need to
expeditiously achieve peace in the country through the two processes
of the Arusha intraparty dialogue and the Addis Ababa comprehensive
peace process.
“A government’s SPLM faction delegation from Juba led by the newly
reinstated party’s secretary general, Comrade Pagan Amum, requested a
meeting with our chairman and this meeting took place here in Nairobi
on Thursday,” James Gatdet Dak told Sudan Tribune.
Dak said the two parties agreed on the need to continue with dialogue
in order to complete the process of the party’s reunification as well
as expedite and conclude a negotiated comprehensive peace agreement in
Addis Ababa.
“There is now understanding between the two parties that the Arusha
reunification process of the SPLM is not complete until remaining
outstanding issues are tackled between the SPLM in opposition and SPLM
in government,” he said.
Dak also said another understanding in the meeting was that even if
the party’s reunification process was to be complete, it alone would
not bring peace to South Sudan unless other fundamental issues were
resolved through the IGAD-Plus comprehensive peace process in Addis
Ababa.
He said preparations were ongoing for bilateral dialogue to resume in
Arusha between the two factions of the SPLM.
After his reinstatement this week, Amum told reporters that all his
efforts will be dedicated to achieve the reunification of the SPLM,
adding it is “a business of proceeding to stop this war and bring
peace to our country so that we can rebuild South Sudan”.
KIIR TO MEET MACHAR
Dak said that Amum informed the opposition leadership about his new
role as reinstated secretary general and revealed that president Kiir
would travel to Nairobi and meet with Machar under the auspices of the
Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta.
He further explained that some of the outstanding issues highlighted
in the Arusha roadmap agreement including issues of party’s
constitution and basic documents and leadership needed to be
thoroughly addressed and agreed upon in Arusha.
The opposition leader’s spokesperson also said the roadmap agreement
to reinstate dismissed senior party leaders by president Salva Kiir
didn’t mean confirming him to “unconstitutionally” continue as
chairman of the party, but to simply revoke his unconstitutional
decision.
He added that Kiir’s elected five-year term as party chairman per the
national convention in May 2008 expired in May 2013 and that another
convention failed to take place which would have either confirmed him
or elected a new chairman.
“The Arusha roadmap agreement which provided for revocation of Salva
Kiir’s unconstitutional dismissal of party leaders was to simply undo
that decision as unnecessary. This is so that the whole process of
internal reform agenda and issues of leadership which he violently
interrupted in Juba in December 2013 could now be addressed in Arusha
by that rival collective leadership,” he argued.
He said even if Machar was to be reinstated as first deputy chairman
of the party he would not return to Juba to take oath of office like
was done by Amum and his colleagues of the now former detainees,
saying this was not the cause, but impact of the crisis.
He said the SPLM-IO leadership made it clear that issues that brought
about the crisis within the ruling party would first be tackled in
Arusha plus a comprehensive peace agreement in Addis Ababa.
(ST)
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26 June 09:18, by Redeemer
Riek is worried and cannot accept reunification because:
1 How to compensate his tribe who fought for his vision
2 To abandon his movement for the 2nd time is shameful and is
showing a Dr. of no doctrine
3 He is a shame to address Kiir Kuethpiny as. H.E 1st LT Gen,
Chairman of SPLM, the President of the Republic of South Sudan -----
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26 June 10:22, by ykanna
Dear Redeemer,Riek machar cant get shame of his barbaric act.
Remember he defected to Khartoum early 1990, he got awarded with
position and later on had felt out with the president Bashire where he
risked arrest, and then left Khartoum and rejoin with the late Dr.
Garang. He addressed him as DR. Gareng de Maboir Chairman of SPLA/M
and could not get ashamed. so let’s him do the same to KIIR.
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26 June 10:37, by ykanna
besides this, he is known as a man who simply switch from side to
side by the world not even south Sudanese alone . he works to appease
himself but no for the betterment of Nation. he triggered a coup in
juba which he later denied and called it a ploy by president to silent
the opposition.here i am skeptical whether Pagan will manage to bring
peace in this nation since his came backto SPLM is...
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26 June 10:38, by Ayuen deng
Riek and his group must put lives of people first not thier own
interest and that’s what IGAD must look at,that the on going war is
not about people rights but Polictical individual interest.
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26 June 11:50, by Lorolokin
"All we are saying is give peace a chance,When it comes to
experiencing peace, we can’t cram it in at the last minute; we need to
build a foundation for it by giving God’s Word a central place in our
lives.
Kinkak
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26 June 12:07, by William Atak Garang.
peace should be the first priority for the sake of innocent
civilian who are dying in the bushes and in UN camps due to senseless
War caused by the dominant people in Government. SPLM IO and SPLM the
ruling party should compromise each other as brothers for the sake of
peace and unity among the S.Sudanese.
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