South Sudan cabinet approves integration of SPLA-IO forces
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August 13, 2016 (JUBA) - South Sudan cabinet has approved the
establishment of cantonment sites and integration of members of the
Sudan People’s Liberation Army who have switched allegiance to
President Salva Kiir’s newly appointed First Vice President, Taban
Deng Gai.
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A batch of the SPLA-IO forces after arrival in Juba, 1 April, 2016 (ST Photo)
Information and Broadcasting Minister, Michael Makuei Lueth, announced
on Friday that the cabinet has agreed to approve the establishment of
the cantonment sites and to integrate members of the SPLA-IO forces
after getting into the assembling points.
Minister Lueth, however, did not say whether the cantonment sites for
SPLA-IO forces would extend to the two regions of Bahr el Ghazal and
Equatoria. He government has previously rejected the establishment of
the cantonment sites for members of armed opposition forces in the two
regions, claiming the areas did not experience active combat during
the more than two years civil war in the country. He advocated for
limited establishment of the cantonment sites to the Upper Nile
region.
“The cabinet has approved the establishment of the SPLA-IO forces. The
president will today (Friday) issue orders to implement the resolution
of the council of ministers,” said Lueth in a statement broadcast by
the state owned South Sudan broadcasting Corporation on Friday
evening.
The president, however, did not issue any republican order on Friday
and it remains unclear when He will issue orders to implement the
decision of the cabinet meeting in which he participated with his new
first deputy, Taban Deng Gai.
It is also not unclear why the president has accepted the
establishment of the cantonment sites for members of armed opposition
forces after he declined to sign the minutes of the meeting he had
with the Former Vice President, Riek Machar and Vice President James
Wani Iagga.
Observers are keen to stress that President Kiir stalled the
implementation of key provisions in the agreement because of his
personal dislike of Machar whom he did not take any credit for
successful implementation of the peace agreement.
(ST)
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