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- 29 August 00:36, by Akol Liai Mager
Somebody I believed he has creditable suggestion has suggested yesterday in the Social Media that IGAD should appoint Riek Machar as deputy Chairperson of IGAD and just leave South Sudan with Taban Deng Gai as FVP because he has proved in shortest period that he and the President have really added up a compatible Peace-Team.
- 29 August 04:58, by Akook
Taban Deng Gai defected to Salva Kiir and he agree with everything Salva Kiir suggests. ARCISS was not made 100 per cent of what Salva Kiir agreed!
See the difference for yourself! No peace implementation because Taban Deng gives all to Kiir in exchange of him remaining as the FVP.
- 29 August 05:20, by Shadrack Nuer Machut
Ethiopia’s PM must know that South Sudan is not Ethiopia. If u want, take him as ur FVP or continue supporting him military & u’ll reap the fruits. A friendly wish must not be put in Igad’s mouth. Let dogs bark & the camel match!
- 29 August 06:22, by ngadodo
Myself I am not stupid to be part of President Salva Kiir, Government who run by his THE SUPREMACY OF JIENG COUNCIL OF ELDERS (JCE) IN SOUTH SUDAN, people accepting this Government are stupid we don’t need Country to be led by one tribe indirectly.
- 29 August 07:16, by Eastern
It’s only Dinkocrats in Juba who will participate in this stupid ping pong game of FVP position for South Sudan. Dr Machar left Juba because he was attacked by a force loyal to Kiir. The ARCISS recognises him as the FVP; IGAD July 2016 reaffirmed that position. Whatever and however El Tabani Deng assumed the position of FVP is better left to Dinka and their JCE to grind their teeth over!!!
- 29 August 07:51, by Ayuiu Makuac Lam
IGAD organisation is a terror it’s make South Sudan as their business.
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Date: Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 9:06 AM
Subject: IGAD says Machar must “reclaim” his position as South Sudan’s First Vice President
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IGAD says Machar must “reclaim” his position as South Sudan’s First Vice President
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August 28, 2016 (JUBA) – The East African regional body, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), said the controversially replaced South Sudanese First Vice President, Riek Machar, must reclaim his position in the transitional unity government in the country as the legitimate First Vice President.
- South Sudan President Salva Kiir (C) poses for a picture after the government swearing in with his first deputy Riek Machar (R) and second deputy James Wani on 29 April 2016 (Photo Moses Lomayat)
IGAD said they have not changed their position in a communiqué released last month which called for the newly appointed First Vice President, Taban Deng Gai, to step down and for Machar to resume his work as the first deputy president.
The comments from IGAD came days after the United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, said the replacement process was an internal matter and did not break the peace agreement.
Kerry made the comments while on a visit to the Kenyan capital, Nairobi last week.
However, IGAD member states including Ethiopia which chairs the body, “questioned” John Kerry’s comments, according to the CCTV Africa which reported from Addis Ababa on Friday.
They reaffirmed their position that Machar is the legitimate First Vice President, who should assume his post upon arrival in Juba, the South Sudanese capital.
Earlier, Machar’s spokesperson, James Gatdet Dak, in comments to Sudan Tribune criticized the comments from the US top diplomat, saying Kerry’s opinion was against the IGAD communiqué as well as against a resolution passed by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) which described the controversial replacement in Juba as “inconsistent” with the peace agreement.
But President Salva Kiir’s spokesperson, Ateny Wek Ateny, criticized IGAD for wanting Machar to return to the position, saying Gai has a better working relationship with President Kiir.
Opposition officials on the other hand said Gai is liked by Kiir because he will not ask for the full implementation of the peace deal, but will instead allow for scrapping of major provisions and block the needed reforms in the country.
(ST)