SPLM-IO protests against non-invitation to AU’s PSC meeting on report of atrocities
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[image: JPEG - 32.6 kb]*A general view of a meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council (Photo courtesy of the African Union)* Foreign ministers of the AU held a meeting on Friday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, and discussed pending release of the long awaited report of the AU’s Commission of Inquiry on war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the parties to the conflict, starting with the massacre of members of the ethnic Nuer community in Juba from 15 December 2013 when the 19-month long war erupted. While the government of president Salva Kiir was invited to the meeting and served with copy of the final report, the opposition faction led by Machar was not invited and was not served with copy of the report on the atrocities despite earlier assurance that they would attend the meeting. In a press statement issued on Friday from the office of the chairman of the rebel group, the leadership criticized the AU’s PSC for what they said was lack of transparency on the part of the African continental body in handling the matter. “This is a serious act of dishonesty and lack of transparency on the part of the PSC. We therefore ask the PSC to equally serve the SPLM/SPLA with the copy of the report and to attend any further discussions on the matter,” said Machar’s spokesperson, James Gatdet Dak, in a statement, dated 24 July. He said a meeting on 15 July between his chairman, Machar, and the chairperson of the AU Commission, Dlamini Zuma, they discussed the importance of the two parties attending the meeting in the process of releasing the report. Dak said the non-invitation came as a surprise when the meeting at the level of foreign ministers took place without the participation of the armed opposition faction. “The government was invited to the meeting and served with copy of the long awaited report. But the SPLM/SPLA was not invited,” he said. The rebel group since last year has been calling on the AU to release and publish the report on the atrocities committed in the country, adding the government was the perpetrator in the conflict. The war erupted in mid-December 2013 when internal political debates over reforms within the ruling SPLM turned violent, pitting president Kiir’s supporters, mainly from his Dinka ethnic group, against Machar’s Nuer community. Tens of thousands of people have died and millions others displaced internally and to the neighbouring countries of Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda. World’s leading countries and international bodies including the United States (US) and European Union (EU) have been calling on the AU to release the report so that perpetrators could be brought to account for the crimes committed. (ST) -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. 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