South Sudan’s SPLM re-unification group deadlocked over working venue
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South Sudan’s SPLM re-unification group deadlocked over working venue
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September 3, 2017 (JUBA)- The working group comprising members of the
three factions of South Sudan’s ruling party (SPLM) has been unable to
come together and work from one location since the committee was
formed, grounding the efforts of the reunification initiative being
sponsored by the Ugandan leader, Yoweri Museveni.
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South Sudanese opposition leader, Dr. Riek Machar meets Ugandan
president Yoweri Museveni in Khartoum, Sept. 16, 2015 (ST Photo)
The acting Secretary General of the SPLM faction loyal to President
Salva Kiir, Jemma Nunu Kumba said the group had not made any progress
because of the differences within its members over the venue for their
work.
“You know the parties nominated three members each to the working
group. From our part we nominated three comrades. The other comrades
also nominated three members each. The SPLM-IO [the armed opposition
faction] nominated three and the former detainees also nominated three
members, but two of the former detainees who are part of the working
group did not come to Juba where the committee was to start its work,”
Nunu told Sudan Tribune Sunday.
She added, “So the team in Juba worked on the draft and sent for their
contribution. But they did not do it. Instead they wanted the team in
Juba to go to Entebbe and work from there”.
The senior party official, however, stated that the leadership was
consulting about whether to allow the team work from Entebbe in Uganda
or persuade the two members of the former political detainees to come
Juba where they will be working together with other members from other
factions involved in reunification.
A senior member of the SPLM-IO faction under the faction of the first
vice president Taban Deng Gai also confirmed separately, saying two
members of the former detainees refused to come to Juba.
“You know well that Majak D’ Agoot, Kosti Manibe and John Luk Jok were
nominated by the former detainees to the committee. John Luk is in
Juba and he has already started working with the team in Juba, but the
two colleagues did not come. They insisted that the committee must
work from Entebbe,” further explained the official.
He added, “I don’t why they do not want to come and the work place of
the committee is in Juba”.
The SPLM-IO member also said there were discussions ongoing between
the parties to either permit the working group to develop the concept
and implementation matrix outside South Sudan or allow three members
of the former detainees who are already in Juba to represent their
group in consultations and working in Juba.
In July, the various factions of the Sudan People’s Liberation
Movement (SPLM) signed the Entebbe Declaration to operationalize the
Arusha Agreement on the reunification of the ruling party.
The declaration was signed under the auspices of President Museveni.
However, in furtherance of the objectives of the SPLM reconciliation
and unity, the faction groups reportedly resolved to establish a
working group to revitalize and operationalize the implementation of
the Arusha SPLM Reunification Agreement. The working group was also
tasked to develop a matrix for the implementation of the Arusha
Agreement with specific timelines and report to President Museveni.
The group also reiterated calls for the armed opposition leader, Riek
Machar to join the process of reconciliation and unity of the SPLM.
They also resolved that groups and cadres, who are not part of the
Arusha Agreement, should join the reconciliation and reunification
process and the SPLM cadres and the grassroots countrywide and in the
diaspora to embrace the new spirit of reconciliation and unity for the
interest of the South Sudanese and their country.
In June, South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar declined an invitation
for the SPLM reunification meeting brokered by the Ugandan president,
arguing that his forced confinement in South Africa made it difficult
for him to participate in this gathering.
Machar, in a letter addressed to Uganda’s technical adviser
facilitating the talks for three factions of South Sudan’s ruling
party, said his faction received the letter at short notice, resulting
in failure to make necessary preparations to attend the talks.
The ruling party split leading to an outbreak of a civil war in
mid-December 2013.
(ST)
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September 3, 2017 (JUBA)- The working group comprising members of the
three factions of South Sudan’s ruling party (SPLM) has been unable to
come together and work from one location since the committee was
formed, grounding the efforts of the reunification initiative being
sponsored by the Ugandan leader, Yoweri Museveni.
JPEG - 37.4 kb
South Sudanese opposition leader, Dr. Riek Machar meets Ugandan
president Yoweri Museveni in Khartoum, Sept. 16, 2015 (ST Photo)
The acting Secretary General of the SPLM faction loyal to President
Salva Kiir, Jemma Nunu Kumba said the group had not made any progress
because of the differences within its members over the venue for their
work.
“You know the parties nominated three members each to the working
group. From our part we nominated three comrades. The other comrades
also nominated three members each. The SPLM-IO [the armed opposition
faction] nominated three and the former detainees also nominated three
members, but two of the former detainees who are part of the working
group did not come to Juba where the committee was to start its work,”
Nunu told Sudan Tribune Sunday.
She added, “So the team in Juba worked on the draft and sent for their
contribution. But they did not do it. Instead they wanted the team in
Juba to go to Entebbe and work from there”.
The senior party official, however, stated that the leadership was
consulting about whether to allow the team work from Entebbe in Uganda
or persuade the two members of the former political detainees to come
Juba where they will be working together with other members from other
factions involved in reunification.
A senior member of the SPLM-IO faction under the faction of the first
vice president Taban Deng Gai also confirmed separately, saying two
members of the former detainees refused to come to Juba.
“You know well that Majak D’ Agoot, Kosti Manibe and John Luk Jok were
nominated by the former detainees to the committee. John Luk is in
Juba and he has already started working with the team in Juba, but the
two colleagues did not come. They insisted that the committee must
work from Entebbe,” further explained the official.
He added, “I don’t why they do not want to come and the work place of
the committee is in Juba”.
The SPLM-IO member also said there were discussions ongoing between
the parties to either permit the working group to develop the concept
and implementation matrix outside South Sudan or allow three members
of the former detainees who are already in Juba to represent their
group in consultations and working in Juba.
In July, the various factions of the Sudan People’s Liberation
Movement (SPLM) signed the Entebbe Declaration to operationalize the
Arusha Agreement on the reunification of the ruling party.
The declaration was signed under the auspices of President Museveni.
However, in furtherance of the objectives of the SPLM reconciliation
and unity, the faction groups reportedly resolved to establish a
working group to revitalize and operationalize the implementation of
the Arusha SPLM Reunification Agreement. The working group was also
tasked to develop a matrix for the implementation of the Arusha
Agreement with specific timelines and report to President Museveni.
The group also reiterated calls for the armed opposition leader, Riek
Machar to join the process of reconciliation and unity of the SPLM.
They also resolved that groups and cadres, who are not part of the
Arusha Agreement, should join the reconciliation and reunification
process and the SPLM cadres and the grassroots countrywide and in the
diaspora to embrace the new spirit of reconciliation and unity for the
interest of the South Sudanese and their country.
In June, South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar declined an invitation
for the SPLM reunification meeting brokered by the Ugandan president,
arguing that his forced confinement in South Africa made it difficult
for him to participate in this gathering.
Machar, in a letter addressed to Uganda’s technical adviser
facilitating the talks for three factions of South Sudan’s ruling
party, said his faction received the letter at short notice, resulting
in failure to make necessary preparations to attend the talks.
The ruling party split leading to an outbreak of a civil war in
mid-December 2013.
(ST)
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