Kiir says SPLM reunification key to ending S. Sudan war
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Kiir says SPLM reunification key to ending S. Sudan war
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President Salva Kiir addresses delegates during the swearing-in
ceremony of FVP Taban Deng Gai at the Presidential Palace in Juba,
July 26, 2016. (Reuters/Jok Solomun)
August 4, 2017 (JUBA)- South Sudan President Salva Kiir Friday said
reunification of the factions of the Sudan People’s Liberation
Movement (SPLM) would stop the war and return the country to the path
of peace and unity.
President Kiir told members of the political bureau of his faction
that the former detainees and SPLM-IO under Taban Deng Gai have
indicated commitment to return to the fold of the party under his
overall leadership.
He further said he has no personal problem with anybody and welcomed
those who want to return to the party through the reunification and
reconciliation process.
“The Arusha reunification is clear and we have implemented it because
it is one of the key initiatives to ending this war and return the
country to the path of peace, reconciliation and forgiveness”, said
Kiir.
Presidential adviser on military affairs Daniel Awet Akot told Sudan
Tribune on Friday that the meeting of the members of the SPLM
Political Bureau was chaired by president Kiir in his capacity as the
Chairman on Thursday at the SPLM-House to discuss the Agreement on
Reunification of SPLM factions.
“It was a briefing on the meeting which took place in Entebbe, Uganda.
It also touched issues related to the implementation of Peace
Agreement. So it was an important meeting. The president made clear
that reunification and reconciliation of the members of the SPLM
family are the keywords for ending this war, which is true because
this war started when leaders disagreed over issues which have now
been resolved through the Arusha agreement and that is why the
initiative of the president is important. It is a commitment to
implementing the agreement”, said Akot, himself a member of the
political bureau.
The Acting SPLM Secretary General Nunu Kumba said Kiir briefed
Political Bureau members on his recent meeting with former detainees
and his meeting with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.
All the factions, she said, have started working on a work plan as
agreed in Entebbe, Uganda. The top party official appreciated
President Kiir for initiating reunification and the National Dialogue.
“We as the SPLM members both in IG, FDs and IO are the only ones
responsible for bringing back the unity of the Country”, Kumba told
reporters on Thursday evening after the close of the meeting.
(ST)
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President Salva Kiir addresses delegates during the swearing-in
ceremony of FVP Taban Deng Gai at the Presidential Palace in Juba,
July 26, 2016. (Reuters/Jok Solomun)
August 4, 2017 (JUBA)- South Sudan President Salva Kiir Friday said
reunification of the factions of the Sudan People’s Liberation
Movement (SPLM) would stop the war and return the country to the path
of peace and unity.
President Kiir told members of the political bureau of his faction
that the former detainees and SPLM-IO under Taban Deng Gai have
indicated commitment to return to the fold of the party under his
overall leadership.
He further said he has no personal problem with anybody and welcomed
those who want to return to the party through the reunification and
reconciliation process.
“The Arusha reunification is clear and we have implemented it because
it is one of the key initiatives to ending this war and return the
country to the path of peace, reconciliation and forgiveness”, said
Kiir.
Presidential adviser on military affairs Daniel Awet Akot told Sudan
Tribune on Friday that the meeting of the members of the SPLM
Political Bureau was chaired by president Kiir in his capacity as the
Chairman on Thursday at the SPLM-House to discuss the Agreement on
Reunification of SPLM factions.
“It was a briefing on the meeting which took place in Entebbe, Uganda.
It also touched issues related to the implementation of Peace
Agreement. So it was an important meeting. The president made clear
that reunification and reconciliation of the members of the SPLM
family are the keywords for ending this war, which is true because
this war started when leaders disagreed over issues which have now
been resolved through the Arusha agreement and that is why the
initiative of the president is important. It is a commitment to
implementing the agreement”, said Akot, himself a member of the
political bureau.
The Acting SPLM Secretary General Nunu Kumba said Kiir briefed
Political Bureau members on his recent meeting with former detainees
and his meeting with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.
All the factions, she said, have started working on a work plan as
agreed in Entebbe, Uganda. The top party official appreciated
President Kiir for initiating reunification and the National Dialogue.
“We as the SPLM members both in IG, FDs and IO are the only ones
responsible for bringing back the unity of the Country”, Kumba told
reporters on Thursday evening after the close of the meeting.
(ST)
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