S. Sudan accuses ex-detainees of "double standards" in peace deal
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S. Sudan accuses ex-detainees of "double standards" in peace deal
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August 31, 2017 (JUBA) – South Sudan government has accused the
country’s former political detainees of playing double standards in
ongoing efforts to fully implement the August 2015 peace agreement.
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President Kenyatta with 7 South Sudanese former detainees, Rebecca
Garang, his son and Dalmas Otieno special envoy for the peace process
12 February 2014
The information minister Michael Makuei Lueth said most of the former
detainees were against the Juba government yet they are represented in
the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU).
The former detainees are a group of high level South Sudan ruling
party (SPLM) leaders who were arrested, but later released at the
start of the country’s civil war in December 2013 before they went
into exile in the neighbouring countries.
“Last time I stated clearly also that the former detainees must
clarify their positions. And I am repeating this again and calling up
on former detainees who are here with [us] to clarify their positions.
Their leaders and others are there campaigning against the very
government in which they are members. So they should decide,” Lueth
told reporters in the South Sudanese capital, Juba on Thursday.
He added, “They [former detainees] are either with the government or
go. If they are with the government they should denounce all what is
happening over there. Otherwise let them join them”.
The former detainees were allocated the foreign affairs and
agriculture and forestry ministries and deputy foreign affairs post in
the coalition government.
The outspoken government official said the Juba government would
continue to accept unclear positions on matters relating to the peace
agreement by those against the regime and yet they are fully
represented in the same government they are campaigning against.
“There is no middle way. This is the situation. If Pagan [former
secretary general of the ruling party] who is the signatory to the
agreement can now start [to] campaign against the very agreement in
which he is a signatory, then what are we doing?” asked Lueth.
Majority of the ex-detainees, he stressed, are against government.
“Then these three [ministers in the coalition government] who are
here, what are they doing. We want clear stand on this. This double
standard will not help any longer. There is no middle way. You are
either with the agreement or not with the agreement,” he added.
Last month, the South Sudanese President, Salva Kiir and a group of
the country’s former political detainees officially agreed to reaffirm
their commitments to the reunification of the ruling Sudan People’s
Liberation Movement (SPLM) in order to end the ongoing conflict.
The officials also agreed that uniting the SPLM was paramount and
vital for bringing peace as well as uniting the people of South Sudan.
They also agreed, during the July meeting, “to expedite the
implementation of the Arusha agreement which is the agreement that
addresses differences that arose among SPLM leaders in 2013”.
South Sudan was plunged into conflict in December 2013 as the rivalry
between Kiir and his ex-deputy Riek Machar, turned into a civil war.
The fighting, which has often been along ethnic lines, triggered
Africa’s worst refugee crisis, with over two million people displaced.
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1 September 07:54, by Mike Mike
Makuei need to reserve some of the word in his stomach. Why do you
always talk as if was you who liberated this Country alone?. The
former detainees whom you are bitterly did not want to joins the
government now were the very people who liberated this Country with
their energy when you were in refuge camp in Kenya. How come today to
reject them in the government that the made by their sweat?.
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August 31, 2017 (JUBA) – South Sudan government has accused the
country’s former political detainees of playing double standards in
ongoing efforts to fully implement the August 2015 peace agreement.
JPEG - 52.6 kb
President Kenyatta with 7 South Sudanese former detainees, Rebecca
Garang, his son and Dalmas Otieno special envoy for the peace process
12 February 2014
The information minister Michael Makuei Lueth said most of the former
detainees were against the Juba government yet they are represented in
the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU).
The former detainees are a group of high level South Sudan ruling
party (SPLM) leaders who were arrested, but later released at the
start of the country’s civil war in December 2013 before they went
into exile in the neighbouring countries.
“Last time I stated clearly also that the former detainees must
clarify their positions. And I am repeating this again and calling up
on former detainees who are here with [us] to clarify their positions.
Their leaders and others are there campaigning against the very
government in which they are members. So they should decide,” Lueth
told reporters in the South Sudanese capital, Juba on Thursday.
He added, “They [former detainees] are either with the government or
go. If they are with the government they should denounce all what is
happening over there. Otherwise let them join them”.
The former detainees were allocated the foreign affairs and
agriculture and forestry ministries and deputy foreign affairs post in
the coalition government.
The outspoken government official said the Juba government would
continue to accept unclear positions on matters relating to the peace
agreement by those against the regime and yet they are fully
represented in the same government they are campaigning against.
“There is no middle way. This is the situation. If Pagan [former
secretary general of the ruling party] who is the signatory to the
agreement can now start [to] campaign against the very agreement in
which he is a signatory, then what are we doing?” asked Lueth.
Majority of the ex-detainees, he stressed, are against government.
“Then these three [ministers in the coalition government] who are
here, what are they doing. We want clear stand on this. This double
standard will not help any longer. There is no middle way. You are
either with the agreement or not with the agreement,” he added.
Last month, the South Sudanese President, Salva Kiir and a group of
the country’s former political detainees officially agreed to reaffirm
their commitments to the reunification of the ruling Sudan People’s
Liberation Movement (SPLM) in order to end the ongoing conflict.
The officials also agreed that uniting the SPLM was paramount and
vital for bringing peace as well as uniting the people of South Sudan.
They also agreed, during the July meeting, “to expedite the
implementation of the Arusha agreement which is the agreement that
addresses differences that arose among SPLM leaders in 2013”.
South Sudan was plunged into conflict in December 2013 as the rivalry
between Kiir and his ex-deputy Riek Machar, turned into a civil war.
The fighting, which has often been along ethnic lines, triggered
Africa’s worst refugee crisis, with over two million people displaced.
(ST)
Comments on the Sudan Tribune website must abide by the following
rules. Contravention of these rules will lead to the user losing their
Sudan Tribune account with immediate effect.
- No inciting violence
- No inappropriate or offensive language
- No racism, tribalism or sectarianism
- No inappropriate or derogatory remarks
- No deviation from the topic of the article
- No advertising, spamming or links
- No incomprehensible comments
Due to the unprecedented amount of racist and offensive language on
the site, Sudan Tribune tries to vet all comments on the site.
There is now also a limit of 400 words per comment. If you want to
express yourself in more detail than this allows, please e-mail your
comment as an article to com...@sudantribune.com
Kind regards,
The Sudan Tribune editorial team.
1 September 07:54, by Mike Mike
Makuei need to reserve some of the word in his stomach. Why do you
always talk as if was you who liberated this Country alone?. The
former detainees whom you are bitterly did not want to joins the
government now were the very people who liberated this Country with
their energy when you were in refuge camp in Kenya. How come today to
reject them in the government that the made by their sweat?.
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