The Gov’t should not allow rebels’ cantonment areas in Equatoria and Bahr el Ghazal regions
3 min readIt will be a big mistake for the government of South Sudan to allow the rebels to have army cantonment sites in Equatoria and Bahr el Ghazal regions
By Angelo Garang Deng, Chicago, USA
March 10, 2016 (SSB) —- Peace in South Sudan is all what every Sudanese is looking for and it is the reason why we all support the efforts that President Salva Kiir is taking and has been taken to make sure that our country is stable and for every citizen of South Sudan to enjoy peace and prosperity that we have all voted for during our Independent.
However, the government do not need to forget that the intention of the rebels of Riek Machar and his western world supporters is to overthrow the government by any means whether through fighting or through peace. The plans of the rebels and their western supporters after signing the peace in August was to take the war to Juba in order to make it easier for them defeat the government.
This plan has shown itself now as the rebels are asking the government to establish the cantonment sites in Equatoria and Bahr el Ghazal regions in order for them to be more preparing to attack the government and overthrow it. All the endless demand that Riek Machar keep making are another way of the declared passive war against the government and I hope that government knows what they are doing before it is too late.
I think that government should only allow one cantonment site for the rebels to be in Pagak otherwise they will see themselves out of Juba very soon by the time Riek Machar comes to Juba. Allowing the rebels to have many cantonment sites in South Sudan will lead to another war in the country and the results will be another suffering for the innocent civilians.
Therefore, it is the duty of South Sudan government to make sure that no destructions and suffering of people like what has happened in South Sudan for the last two years to happen again and for them to allow the rebels to have cantonment sites in Equatoria and Bahr el Ghazal is the sign of allowing sufferings of civilians to happen again in their watch.
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