South Sudan former lawmaker receives death threats to sabotage SPLM
reunification process
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Rebecca Nyandeng standing behind Dhieu Mathok Diing Wol, secretary
general of the SPLM-IO - Taban, Daniel Awet Akot , member of the
political bureau SPLM led by President Salva Kiir and Jemma Nunu
Kumba, acting Secretary General of the faction
August 18, 2017 (JUBA) - A former South Sudanese lawmaker says he and
several other critics have been put on a hunt list, in order to
sabotage the ongoing efforts to reconcile President Salva Kiir and the
opposition SPLM Former Detainees group.
Wol Deng Atak, a former Member of Parliament who is now based in
Nairobi confirmed to Sudan Tribune that he had received several
warnings and advises from some people in the government to dissociate
himself from former political detainees and stop being critical of the
government of President Salva Kiir as well.
The former legislator claimed the intention of the alleged warnings
and threats on his life were to frustrate the efforts to reunite the
SPLM factions particularly the group of the former detainees also
known as ’G10’ and the SPLM loyal to President Kiir.
“I think they want to stop the reconciliation process initiated by
(President) Kiir and to send a message to G10 and Mama Rebecca
(Nyandeng de Mabior) that reconciliation is not real. They know my
relationship with the group. Plus, the plotters don’t want
reconciliation to succeed so want to do anything at their disposal to
stop it,” said Atak.
The efforts initiated by the President Yoweri Museveni to gather the
SPLM factions within the framework of the process launched by Tanzania
and South Africa have succeeded to narrow the gap at least between
Kiir’s faction, G10 and SPLM-IO Taban Deng. The Ugandan leader used
his close relations with Rebecca Garang and the South Sudanese
president to end the discord with the former detainees.
Several sources in Juba told Sudan Tribune that this rapprochement is
not welcomed by several people in the presidential entourage and the
SPLM-In-Opposition of the First Vice President Taban Deng Gai without
further details.
"There are elements in the government who do not want the
reunification and reconciliation initiated by the president to
materialize. They just want it for public relations purpose. But in
reality they don’t want it because reunification returns to the
leadership some of the leaders who would be a stumbling block to the
rise of those wanting to use the split as their opportunity to rise to
the leadership position," said a senior member of the ruling Sudan
SPLM faction.
"These are the people using government agents on several occasions to
ensure that they undermine these reunification efforts by the
president. They are the very people on several occasions that made
unsuccessful attempts on Hon. Wol Deng Atak’s life in Kenya ” claimed
the source which is close to the reunification process of the
historical movement.
Another source who raised the same concerns, in a separate interview
with the Sudan Tribune asserted that the purpose of the plot against
the nonviolent opposition elements in exile is to shake the nascent
confidence between the president and the G10 and to derail or spoil
the reconciliation process.
The sources pointed to some high ranking officials in the Transitional
Government of National Unity saying they are behind the "plot", as
they say.
In a meeting held in Uganda without the participation of the SPLM-IO
Taban Deng Gai on 24 July, President Salva Kiir and a group of the
former political detainees headed by Madame de Mabior agreed to
reaffirm their commitment to the SPLM reunification in order to end
the ongoing conflict.
Also, in a second meeting held on 27 July with the participation of
Taban Deng group, the three factions signed the Entebbe Declaration to
operationalize the Arusha Agreement on the Reunification of the SPLM.
The declaration was signed at State House Entebbe in presence of
President Yoweri Museveni. The three factions also renewed calls for
the faction of the former First Vice President Riek Machar to join the
process.
(ST)
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