BREAKING NEWS: PETER GATDET BROKE AWAY FROM RIEK MACHAR
5 min readBy Ambassador Gordon Buay
January 24, 2015 (SSB) — This is to inform the people of South Sudan that Maj. Gen. Peter Gatdet Yak broke away from Riek Machar today on January, 24, 2015. He just finished meeting his officers two hours ago and they all agreed that they are not part of Riek Machar starting from today.
The reasons for his brake away are as follows:
1. He said Riek Machar violated Pagak Resolution of December, 2014 and signed Arusha Agreement without consulting them;
2. He said it is now clear that Riek Machar is killing South Sudanese for the sake of power. He said Riek Machar could not stage a coup and killed tens of thousands of people just to return to SPLM Party as the 1st Vice Chairman, the same position he held before December, 15, 2013;
3. He declared that he would form a new rebel Movement that will negotiate with the Government via IGAD. The new Movement will present their positions to the international community.
JIKANY REBEL COMMANDERS REJECT THE ARUSHA AGREEMENT
As we told the international community that Riek Machar has no control over the rebel commanders fighting us, Jikany rebel commanders headed by Gen. Gathoth Gatkuoth met on Saturday night in Khartoum and rejected the Arusha Agreement based on the following reasons:
1. They argued that Pagak Resolutions of December, 2014 did not authorize Riek Machar to sign a deal for the reunification of the SPLM.
2. Maj. Gen. Gathoth Gatkuoth said that Riek Machar was authorized last December by all rebel commanders to negotiate only through IGAD.
3. The Jikany commanders said that SPLM reunification does not concern them and was not the reason for their rebellion.
4. Maj. Gen. Gathoth Gatkuoth said that they will call a meeting that would include all Nuer rebel Generals to establish a new Movement with a new name that will negotiate with the SPLM-led government through IGAD.
5. The commanders said that the rebels cannot use the name SPLM/SPLA since the Arusha Agreement united the SPLM factions as one. They agreed to create a new name for their rebel Movement that will negotiate with the unified SPLM via IGAD.
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REBEL FORCES SPLIT IN WADAKONA
Dear all,
The rebel forces in Wadakona split into two on Sunday between forces loyal to Riek Machar and forces loyal to Lt. Gen. Gordon Koang Chol.
The forces loyal to Gordon Koang, commanded by Maj. Gen. Joseph Ruot, moved to Amer in White Nile as per the orders of their commander.
The forces loyal to Riek Machar, commanded by Maj. Gen. Chigai Galuak, remained in Wadakona. However, their number is less than 800 after the forces loyal to Gordon Koang left.
Lt. Gen. Gordon Koang declared on Sunday that his forces shall be called South Sudan Defense Forces (SSDF). Their political wing will be announced soon.
Lt. Gen. Gordon Koang chose Maj. Gen. Biel Torkech Rambang as the one who will lead the political wing of SSDF that shall be announced soon.
Maj. Gen. Biel Torkech is currently in USA. He was contacted by Gordon Koang on Sunday night to lead the new Movement. According to the sources close to Gordon Koang, Biel Torkech accepted the offer and will soon fly to Khartoum to call a Press Conference.
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SIMON GATWEC DUAL CALLED AN EMERGENCY MEETING
Dear all,
My informer in Akobo town revealed that Gen. Simon Gatwec Dual, the chief of staff of rebels, called an emergency meeting of all Lou Nuer military officers.
The meeting will take place on Sunday, January, 25th, at 9:00 AM. The topic that will be discussed is the Arusha Agreement signed by Riek Machar.
According to my informer, majority of Lou Nuer, including Gatwec Dual, are opposed to Arusha Agreement because, according to them, it violated Pagak’s Resolutions of last year December that were agreed by the majority of the rebel Generals.
I will inform the public about the outcome of the meeting tomorrow.
OUTCOME OF LOU NUER MEETING
The Lou Nuer consultative meeting on Arusha Agreement took place on Sunday. The meeting was chaired by the rebels’ chief of staff, Simon Gatwec Dual, and was attended by all Lou Nuer rebel commanders.
The Lou Nuer rebels unanimously rejected the Arusha deal and strongly condemned Riek Machar for signing it without consulting the rebel Generals.
The rebel Generals made it abundantly clear that they would not support the Arusha Agreement nor will they support Riek Machar to continue as the Chairman of the rebels.
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JIKANY REBEL COMMANDERS REJECT THE ARUSHA AGREEMENT
As we told the international community that Riek Machar has no control over the rebel commanders fighting us, Jikany rebel commanders headed by Gen. Gathoth Gatkuoth met on Saturday night in Khartoum and rejected the Arusha Agreement based on the following reasons:
1. They argued that Pagak Resolutions of December, 2014 did not authorize Riek Machar to sign a deal for the reunification of the SPLM.
2. Maj. Gen. Gathoth Gatkuoth said that Riek Machar was authorized last December by all rebel commanders to negotiate only through IGAD.
3. The Jikany commanders said that SPLM reunification does not concern them and was not the reason for their rebellion.
4. Maj. Gen. Gathoth Gatkuoth said that they will call a meeting that would include all Nuer rebel Generals to establish a new Movement with a new name that will negotiate with the SPLM-led government through IGAD.
5. The commanders said that the rebels cannot use the name SPLM/SPLA since the Arusha Agreement united the SPLM factions as one. They agreed to create a new name for their rebel Movement that will negotiate with the unified SPLM via IGAD.
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