S. Sudan’s Kiir to pardon rebel leader if he denounces violence
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South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar addresses a news conference in
Uganda's capital Kampala January 26, 2016 (Reuters photo)
March 11, 2017 (JUBA) - South Sudan president, Salva Kiir said rebel
leader Riek Machar would only participate in the national dialogue
when he denounces violence.
“How do you dialogue with someone who prefers war than peace, who sees
war as an option to dialogue, unity, forgiveness and peaceful
coexistence”, asked Kiir.
The South Sudanese made these remarks on Saturday while reacting to a
query on whether his pardoning of political opponents, some of whom
have been in detention, would extend to those carrying arms and have
continued to wage war in the country.
According to Kiir, some contentious issues in the peace accord have
been overcome because of the "good working relations" with First Vice
President, Taban Deng Gai.
“Some of things that we could not resolve and find a way forward have
now been resolved. The issue of states has been resolved. The people
were talking that we created more states but it became clear that even
after we created more states, people continued to ask for more. To
resolve this, we decided to create some states," stressed the South
Sudanese leader.
He added, "Now we have more states and the SPLM-IO have some states to
run them according to the provision of the peace agreement. So issues
of states and the question relating to power sharing have been
addressed and there is no problem".
Kiir said the newly-appointed state governors already started work in
their regions.
"They have taken oath already and are now in their places”, he explained.
The South Sudanese leader emphasized that he has no personal problem
with his former deputy-turned rebel leader, but claimed the latter
desires violent means.
“People think I have a personal problem with him [Machar], but this is
not true. I have no personal problem with him. He is a South Sudanese
like anybody. The problem he has is not with me, but with the way he
does his own things. He likes violence. If he denounces violence now,
then he is welcome to the country. If he does it now, stop preferring
war now, we will talk to him”, stressed Kiir.
Kiir made these remarks while meeting members of the Dinka council of
elders who visited him to congratulate him on Friday’s national prayer
day.
President Salva Kiir announced the national dialogue initiative in
December last year and members of its steering committee are scheduled
to be sworn in this month.
However, the armed opposition leader criticized the dialogue
initiative, saying the process will never succeed unless peace and
stability is restored in the young nation.
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12 March 01:31, by Malakal county Simon
If unwanted salva Kiir is truly repented, he must first denounce
dictatorship style and apologize to Nuer, others tribes for what he
did in first place was wrong...... charity start with him and not
others because he is the problematic, causative to this senseless war
we are in today !!!!!!
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12 March 03:11, by john akeen
Malakal county Simon.
Let me ask you 2 Q, what are you really talking about?
secondly who gave you access to the media to speak nonsense? If Reik
Machar really love his country and his peoples, he should denounce
violence immediately to end the suffering and starvation of the people
of his country.(Yes) you can say P Kiir is the one who created this
war for firing Reik and the others>>>>>>
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12 March 03:47, by john akeen
if they were angry about president Kiir move, then they
shouldn’t get public’s involve into their anger, they should take it
politically way and diplomatically way and smart way to the world
saying that, what president Kiir did is against the law and against
the constitution. there is something call tactful or tact that they
were suppose to try first before they hurt peoples>>>
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12 March 04:50, by john akeen
Reik and those who got fired from their positions by
president Kiir, those people in south sudan they act like they are the
most educated people in south sudan when they are in south sudan, to
me I don’t thank this peoples know whats call a politic man is, a
politic man that I can say is a political man in south sudan is Onyoti
Adigo who talks but never run and never kill
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12 March 04:52, by Kuch
Mr. Akeen, let the idiot (Malakal country Simon)
continues to chirp like bird. That is how they always behave anyway.
They were asking for a war with their Jaangs/Dinkas even before our
independence. And Yes, their Riek Machar that they worship as their
Ngundeng Biong re-incarnates yet again repeated his 1991 game in 2013
to take power by force>>>
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12 March 05:22, by Kuch
but when their Riek Machar and his aimless
followers were tackled head-on, then as always, they resorted to their
usual Jaangs/Dinkas to blame. Some of our Nuers cousins do not know
their Riek Machar is a menace to them, South Sudanese people and even
our own region and other regions. Some of our Nuers and our
Equatorians are letting themselves>>>
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12 March 06:31, by Kuch
being used by the CIA, MI6, the UN, their
sleazy NGOs, their evil juus and some of their criminals in between.
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12 March 05:23, by Malakal county Simon
Kush/slave
Your comment demonstrated as your being subjective
rather than being objective to the fact we are discussing here.
Secondly, Calling someone you don’t know classified yourself as
stupidest and weak!!!! Please don’t overjoys the war imposes by your
tribal leader (Unwanted Salva Kiir against South Sudanese people’s, is
not over yet prepared for another decade until he Salva resign)
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12 March 05:27, by Malakal county Simon
corrections;
Your comment demonstrated as your being
subjective rather than being objective to the fact we are discussing
here. Secondly, Calling someone you don’t know an idiot, classified
yourself as stupidest and weak!!!! Please don’t overjoys the war
imposed by your tribal leader (Unwanted Salva Kiir against South
Sudanese people’s, is not over yet prepared for another decade)
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12 March 05:47, by Kush Natives
Malakal county Simon,
I didn’t comment under your post, open your
eyes well, although lying too much making or blocking your eyes from
seeing thing correctly! The ones that comment on yours is Mr. Kuch not
Kush! But, I have got 1 quick Q for you. Why are you depending the
dead man, Riek Machar?
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12 March 05:58, by Kush Natives
If Nuer tribe run out of the visionary leaders
completely, then let other tribes run the show! Nothing to argue about
it, it’s logic and simple fact. How long will you guys proof it? We
have been waiting since 1947 from you guys to bring us a good quality
of leadership so that we move this country forward. But,You keeps
repeating the same mistake.
Thanks,
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12 March 04:57, by Malakal county Simon
John Akeen
I think you clearly failed to analysis what I’m trying
to communicate here. Maybe was try to said if salva kiir did not
started killings innocent Nuer civilians who have nothing with Dr
Machar political ambitious, may we wont be here today.... This is
whole am trying to point-out!!!! Put it in your thick brain today
that’s this fight is never about Dr Machar being fired,
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12 March 05:07, by Malakal county Simon
cont...
because if it was about that, the fight could have
started in July during unusual reshuffles (2013). So this lead me to a
question I want to ask you; So If unwanted Salva kiir repented
yesterday as he claim, he is going to resign, apologise to Nuer and
other tribes for his man-made war in South Sudan?? I will leave that’s
question to you and please sincere and honest......
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