Akol, Machar met Museveni in Khartoum: spokesperson
Elisabeth Janaina
Akol, Machar met Museveni in Khartoum: spokesperson
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October 14, 2016 (JUBA) – Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni last week met in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, with Riek Machar leader of the armed opposition faction of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM-IO) and Lam Akol, leader of the rebel National Democratic Movement (NDM), Sudan Tribune has learnt.
South Sudanese opposition leader, Dr. Riek Machar meets Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni in Khartoum, Sept. 16, 2015 (ST Photo)
The meeting which took place on Tuesday, 11 October, after Museveni participation in the closing session of the National Dialogue Conference in Khartoum, disclosed the spokesperson of SPLM-IO leader, James Gatdet Dak .
He told Sudan Tribune that the meeting, which was initiated by President Museveni, discussed a lot of issues pertaining to how to correct the ongoing political and security situations in the country.
“Our Chairman and Commander-in-Chief, H.E. Dr. Riek Machar, met with President Yoweri Museveni in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, on Tuesday, 11 October. Dr. Lam Akol also took part in the meeting. The three leaders discussed a way forward to correct the current mess in the country that has resulted from the attack on July 8, 2016, which attempted to assassinate our leader,” said Dak.
He said President Museveni admitted that the political power sharing and the security arrangements in South Sudan should be reviewed following the collapse of both the August 2015 peace agreement and the transitional government of national unity.
“The trio discussed President Museveni’s initiative on how to review the political power sharing and the security arrangements, including future elections,” Dak said, without giving details.
He added that Machar had told the Ugandan leader that he would discuss the initiative with the leadership of the SPLM-IO.
On 25 September, South Sudan’s former Minister of Agriculture, Lam Akol, announced the formation of new rebel group, NDM. He said that his new faction will closely work with the SPLM-IO of Riek Machar.
The former leader of the parliamentary opposition Democratic Change Party (DCP) said he resigned and left the party in August because the its leadership refuses the armed struggle and believe in peaceful dialogue and non-violence to bring about change in South Sudan.
Dak reiterated that the SPLM-IO’s leadership was committed to a peaceful political settlement of the civil war, but has been forced to opt for an armed resistance against President Kiir’s regime after the 8 July incident.
He said without an initiative to correct the situation and resuscitate the peace agreement, the armed opposition will have no other option than to stage an armed resistance which will lead to the “overthrow of President Kiir’s regime” in Juba.
Earlier, the opposition faction blamed IGAD-Plus member states for allowing President Kiir to violate the peace agreement when he allegedly attempted to assassinate Machar at the Republican Palace (J1) on 8 July, and also attacked his residence, forcing him out of the capital and the country.
(ST)
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15 OCTOBER 09:00, BY Akeen Mangarthon
Propaganda specialist Mr.James Gadet Dak,Have your leadership admire Museveni this time? You think he has forgotten of your fake accuses against him in 2013?Dr.Lam Akol is a person that you should not even mention in your political game for we know him as a political prostitute of S.Sudan(Jump here and there)
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15 OCTOBER 09:13, BY jubaoneAkeen,
Well, it was M7 that went to Khartoum to meet both men. That is statesmanship to have an objective picture of what transpired the July fake coup. Dr. Riak will meet President Zuma while in SA. That is good.
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15 OCTOBER 09:29, BY Mopedi
Uganda will have the questions to answer to South Sudan althugh he joke today with Salva, He killed Dr.John, looted our resources, create confusion in our Country and used cluster bomb against our people, defending nothing but in pretext to loots, prepare your answer ready the quizz is on the way
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15 OCTOBER 10:09, BY Redeemer
Dr. Lam and Dr. Riek, I can not stop laughing, may God help them to know that, the interest of SSudanese will never come under their own interest as individuals greedy PhD holders. Make a mistake of talking to Bashir about KPA of 1997, he will kick you out in 6 hours