S. Sudan president orders non-cooperation with regional forces
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August 23, 2017 (JUBA) - South Sudan president has ordered the army
and security organs not to cooperate with the regional protection
forces’ command, saying their actions could undermine the nation’s
sovereignty.
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President Salva Kiir attends a session during the 25th Extraordinary
Summit of the (IGAD) on South Sudan in Addis Ababa March 13, 2014
(Reuters Photo)
“Whatever they want to do must be subjected to scrutiny. I know you
will face challenge. They protest and some people will try to sabotage
your work but you must know not all you do gets support from all the
people. But what is important is that we must do what know is right
for our people”, Kiir told a security meeting on Wednesday.
According to the South Sudanese leader, the United Nations-mandated
regional forces were permitted into the country with the understanding
that they would play a role in providing escort and securing major
supplying roads to and from Juba, especially those which have
experienced disruptive armed and banditry activities.
“You have to tell [them] where to go and what to do, not them telling
you where they want to go and what to do. That is not what they
[regional troops] came here for. They came to complement your work and
so it is you whom they want to assist who should tell them where you
need to go and what to do there”, stressed Kiir.
The South Sudan leader denied ordering the expulsion of the regional
forces from the war-torn nation, but emphasized that their deployment
had to be approved by the government and should be complementing the
efforts of the government in the young nation.
President Kiir had earlier also warned that the South Sudan’s national
unity government would reconsider its decision on the deployment of
regional forces mandated by the UN Security Council (UNSC).
“They [regional protection forces] have come and the way they have
started is already becoming a matter of concern. They want to deploy
at the airport. They also want whatever they bring into the country
not to be checked,” the president said Sunday.
In August 2016, the UN Security Council, following a request by the
East African regional bloc (IGAD), approved the deployment of a
4,000-strong protection force to secure Juba in the aftermath of
renewed clashes that occurred in the South Sudan capital in July.
South Sudan’s Transitional Government of National Unity confirmed its
unconditional consent to the deployment of the regional forces in a
communiqué to the UN Security Council on November 30, 2016.
It remains unclear what prompted the South Sudan leader to make such
warnings, barely a month after the first batch of the regional
protection forces arrived in the country.
Despite the August 2015 peace agreement, South Sudan slipped back into
conflict due to renewed clashes between rival forces – the Sudan
People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) loyal to President Kiir and the armed
opposition backing former First Vice-President Riek Machar.
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24 August 07:29, by Lenin Bull
Sudantribune you are really very hostile towards South Sudan.
S.Sudan president has not ordered non-cooperation with regional
protection force but has rather clearly instructed South Sudan armed
forces and security organs on what they should do and what they should
not do in relations to Regional Protection Force. You are misleading
your readers ya Arab media.
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24 August 07:34, by Lenin Bull
Mr.President your instruction to our armed forces and security is
praiseworthy. Indeed they are our guests and should not dictate their
activities here rather they should respectively ask South Sudanese
people and government on where they can help most without compromising
our collective security and hard won sovereignty/independence for
their own selfish (UN/US)interests.
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24 August 07:38, by Ayuiu Makuac Lam
That is correct.
I support president decision because
RPF and UNMISS, are not associated with government policy
RPF, UNMISS , and rebels are holding one umbrella.
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24 August 07:42, by Ayuiu Makuac Lam
Serveignity country should not be channel under colonial system.
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