George Athor Warned for Bloody War after talks failed with President Kiir
(JUBA – UNT) Lt. Gen. George Athor, a dissident Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) commander and unsuccessful ‘independent’ candidate for the governorship of Jonglei State of the April 2010 elections, promise to launch another attack against SPLA/M. His first public interview ever since he defected from SPLA/M.
Speaking to the reporters in Nairobi Kenya, he said, “people must die so we can have peace and can have democracy.”
Lt. Gen. George Athor rebelled against people of South Sudan after losing the gubernatorial race to the current governor Kuol Manyang Juuk. Athor claimed that the election was rigged, and he demanded for recount, which the SPLA/M rejected.
Athor accused SPLA/M of not interested in peace. He said, “there is a grave need for peace in South Sudan but unfortunately the other side were not cooperating.” George Athor called for both fresh nation-wide elections and “two or three ministerial posts.”
He praised President Kiir for being “positive in peace” but cited that the rest of the delegations were not interested.”
SPLA/M accused George Athor and the rest of the rebels of Khartoum-backed commanders to destabilize the new country (South Sudan), but Athor denied the claim. He said, “he is fight for the implementation of any agreement, as well as reparations for the losses people have suffered.”
Athor rejected the notion that South Sudan is falling apart due to tribalism taking place. He said, “this is not an ethnic or a tribal fight, but about changing the whole system.”
“We are ready for talks as soon as they (the government) are,” he added. “We can reach an agreement because ultimately we don’t think that this can be resolved militarily,” he continued.
Athor’s representatives signed a ceasefire in January with Kiir government a day before South Sudanese voted for referendum to secede their country from (dictatorship regime) Khartoum government after decades of civil war, but fighting broke out weeks later.
Source: UNTIMES
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