Road killings: Kiir appeals for forgiveness
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Road killings: Kiir appeals for forgiveness
Memoscar Lasuba | October 13, 2016 | 2:01 pm
Salva Kiir, President of the Republic of South Sudan
Salva Kiir, President of the Republic of South Sudan
President Salva Kiir has called on relatives of victims killed in
recent road ambushes to remain calm and refrain from taking the law
into their hands.
Kiir made the remarks after touring the main streets of Juba yesterday
to dismiss rumors of tension.
The rumors also followed reports of targeted killings along the main
roads in and out of Juba.
The President was accompanied by the SPLA Chief of General Staff, Paul
Malong and other senior military and government officials.
President Kiir and the SPLA Chief of General Staff, Paul Malong were
both waving at bystanders on an open Toyota land cruiser on the
streets of Gudele, Munuki, Customs and other routes in the town.
Speaking to the media, President Kiir said taking revenge is against the law.
He urged those who lost their loved ones in different incidents on the
Juba-Nimule and the Juba-Yei road to remain calm.
“Parents or the relatives of the victims who lost their lives in this
tragic incidents, I want to calm them down that let them remain calm,”
he said.
“Nobody should take the law into his or her hand to go and revenge. It
is not time for revenging; it is time for forgiveness,” the president
said, adding “even if we get them today, those who killed the people,
we can still forgive them, because they don’t know what they are
doing.”
For his part, General Malong said he would never serve any interests of tribes.
Paul Malong Awan, SPLA Chief of Staff Photo: rajivgolla.com
Paul Malong Awan, SPLA Chief of General Staff
“I am the property of this country; I am the wealth of these citizens
of the country. I am here working to serve the citizens. There is
nothing, even if the I am ordered today from anywhere that I work as a
tribe, I will not do it,” he said.
General Paul Malong has assured the residents of Juba to go about
their normal activities, saying there is normalcy in the town.
Memoscar Lasuba | October 13, 2016 | 2:01 pm
Salva Kiir, President of the Republic of South Sudan
Salva Kiir, President of the Republic of South Sudan
President Salva Kiir has called on relatives of victims killed in
recent road ambushes to remain calm and refrain from taking the law
into their hands.
Kiir made the remarks after touring the main streets of Juba yesterday
to dismiss rumors of tension.
The rumors also followed reports of targeted killings along the main
roads in and out of Juba.
The President was accompanied by the SPLA Chief of General Staff, Paul
Malong and other senior military and government officials.
President Kiir and the SPLA Chief of General Staff, Paul Malong were
both waving at bystanders on an open Toyota land cruiser on the
streets of Gudele, Munuki, Customs and other routes in the town.
Speaking to the media, President Kiir said taking revenge is against the law.
He urged those who lost their loved ones in different incidents on the
Juba-Nimule and the Juba-Yei road to remain calm.
“Parents or the relatives of the victims who lost their lives in this
tragic incidents, I want to calm them down that let them remain calm,”
he said.
“Nobody should take the law into his or her hand to go and revenge. It
is not time for revenging; it is time for forgiveness,” the president
said, adding “even if we get them today, those who killed the people,
we can still forgive them, because they don’t know what they are
doing.”
For his part, General Malong said he would never serve any interests of tribes.
Paul Malong Awan, SPLA Chief of Staff Photo: rajivgolla.com
Paul Malong Awan, SPLA Chief of General Staff
“I am the property of this country; I am the wealth of these citizens
of the country. I am here working to serve the citizens. There is
nothing, even if the I am ordered today from anywhere that I work as a
tribe, I will not do it,” he said.
General Paul Malong has assured the residents of Juba to go about
their normal activities, saying there is normalcy in the town.
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