Machar welcomes IGAD decision to deploy regional force, fears Juba
could reject the move
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South Sudan's opposition leader Riek Machar speaks during a briefing
in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa April 9, 2016 (Photo Reuters/ Tiksa
Negeri)
August 6, 2016 (JUBA) - Former First Vice-President of South Sudan
Riek Machar Saturday has welcomed the East African block decision to
send a regional force to his country but expressed fear that President
Salva Kiir could reject the idea
.
Leaders of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on
Friday decided to send a regional force to South Sudan to protect
civilians and to back the reinstatement of Riek Machar as First Vice
President to ensure the implementation of a peace agreement they
brokered in August last year.
Machar’s spokesman Goi Jooyul Yol on Saturday told Agence
France-Presse (AFP) in Addis Ababa that formation of the IGAD force
could take many months and Kiir may eventually decline to accept it.
He added that they “welcome the IGAD decision but the devil is in the
detail”, pointing that the nature, size and details of deployment need
to be discussed with Juba.
“What would this force do? We will have to wait and see,” he said.
IGAD leaders called on Machar to return to Juba and underscored that
the newly appointed First Vice President Taban Deng Gai is ready to
relinquish his position if he accepts their call.
However, Jooyul Yol stressed that Machar wants Gai to offer his
resignation before he return to Juba.
Last month, fighting erupted in South Sudan’s capital Juba between
followers of President Kiir and Machar, the former rebel leader who
became first Vice- President under a deal to end a two-year civil war.
The violence, which has killed hundreds of people, broke out as the
world’s newest nation prepared to mark five years of independence from
Sudan on July 9.
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7 August 02:23, by Freedom Fighter
No worry comrade. We do not know yet about when actually are they
coming to South Sudan. Also, we do not know yet about their
number/size, their target areas of deployment, mission, and the
command of this alleged protection force.
Freedom fighter
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7 August 08:28, by Force 1
This is how we really going to know if he is actually out there
and finally shows up in Juba. Enough with he is around Juba thing.
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