Press Statement from the SPLM-Sunday Faction (Kiir-group)
3 min readSunday 08.12.2013
Daniel Awet Akot: “Those who were anti-Garang are now becoming anti-Salva, those who divided us in 1991 want to divide us now.”
James Wani: “The notion of anti-Garang or Garang boys is unacceptable and there is nothing as such… if this group is addressing suspended government officials with their title, is this not a rebellion? The leader who read the statement was founder of NCP in Khartoum in 1998… we cautioned the group not to inciting the army… the group are the one to be blamed for making South Sudan a failed state and at the same time most corrupt country on earth… we are only three months in the government but they were there during the Dura saga and when the country took a loan of 4.6 billion US dollars during austerity period, ”
Kuol Manyang: “The group press conference came at the wrong time… such statement was not well thought and can led the country into insecurity… 1991 scenario was started with such statement… it was wrong time to make this press conference by the group because it was soon after investment conference ended in Juba and at the same time the President was out of the country… the issue brought up over other people from other parties and other armed groups being included in the government is an incitement… the calls for rally on 14 December is disobedient or that mean the rally has a hidden agenda… if the Chairman of the SPLM didn’t call for the rally who else has the authority to call for a rally?”
Dr. Riek Gai: “The issue over NCP being in the government was not meant for another person but me Dr. Riek Gai… I was not anti – Garang, it was Riek Machar who said Garang MUST go first, when Riek rebelled in 1991, I was fighting alongside Garang… I was a member of SPLA – Torit negotiation team and left later for fears of being targeted because Riek was killing Dinka… Riek statement is very dangerous, it can slide the country into chaos, what brought the word chaos? Riek was trying to tear the country in 2010… but this time Riek must know that we are in different environment…”
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