“He is now saying, ‘there was no coup. It was a misunderstanding between the Presidential Guards.’ Ok! Are the people in Bor my Presidential Guards? They are not but it is his own plan that he has informed everybody that he knows [it was a coup]. In Likuangolei, in Pibor, in Akobo, in Bor, in Torit, here in Mongalla, in Liria, all these people are not Presidential Guards. These units have their own commands but they were influenced by Dr. Riek and his colleagues and they were waiting for the aged hour to start. Now they have started, some have been defeated and some managed to make some damages but time will come when they will be defeated just like what happened here in Juba.” – President Salva Kiir Mayardit 19/12/2013