S. Sudan’s Kiir reiterates rejection for Machar’s return
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September 14, 2017 (JUBA) - A meeting of South Sudan’s president Salva
Kiir and his first deputy the coalition government held on Thursday
reportedly resolved that the exiled ex-first vice president, Riek
Machar should not be allowed to return in his official capacity.
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President Salva Kiir addresses the nation at the South Sudan National
Parliament in Juba, November 18, 2015. (Photo Reuters/Jok Solomon)
“The president of the republic, his Excellency, General Salva Kiir
Mayardit and the first vice president, his Excellency General Taban
Deng Gai met today and held a meeting on number of issues regarding
peace, stability, unity, forgiveness and the reconciliation of the
people of this country,” the minister for the presidency, Mayiik Ayiik
Deng told Sudan Tribune.
The two leaders, he disclosed, also met to discuss and agreed on the
kind of messages to be relayed before the United Nations General
assembly meeting, which Gai will attend on behalf of government.
“So they [both leaders] agreed that the first vice president should
carry the message of the commitment of the government to ending war
and bringing peace to the country,” said Deng.
According to the official, Kiir and his first deputy stressed that the
Juba government was not opposed to the return of Machar to the country
as a private citizen.
The first vice president told reporters after the meeting that he went
to brief President Kiir on the current activities of the faction of
the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition under him in the
town of Pagak, as well as Central Upper Nile and Akobo States.
Gai further said the governor of Maiwut is currently in Pagak and that
people are returning to their villages in those States, whilst the
National Dialogue and preliminary grass root level discussions are
taking place between the local communities.
He confirmed that he will be traveling to attend the UN General
Assembly meeting in which he will address the international community
in on the current peace process status in the country.
Gai said Machar has the right to return to the country because he was
the citizen but he must denounce violence if he wants to return.
“If he wants to come, he can come. Nobody has a problem with his
return after all he is the citizen of this country. What the people
don’t want is his use of violence as the way to solve problems. People
are telling him to denounce violence,” he stressed.
The former rebel chief negotiator urged Machar to put down his weapons
and return to South Sudan to take part in the national dialogue.
“If he [Machar] has issues, he will raise them through the dialogue.
Also if he wants to come back, people are saying he needs to come as a
normal citizen because when he comes in official capacity, it becomes
a disaster to the people and people do not want a repeat of the past”,
he further stressed.
The South Sudanese civil war has killed tens of thousands of people
and displaced more than two million people since it broke out
following political disagreements in the country’s ruling party in
December 2013.
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15 September 09:16, by South South
Riek Machar can come back to South Sudan as a normal person, but
first he needs to denounce violence. Country is moving on without him,
no big deal.
repondre message
15 September 09:59, by Majesty
To make peace enemies sit down and talk. If some are not allow
because they have to agree with us first, then there is no intention
for peace.
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