Rebecca says intimidation against associates won't affect reconciliation with Kiir

[Elisabeth Janaina]

Rebecca says intimidation against associates won't affect
reconciliation with Kiir
File photo: Rebecca Nyandeng Garang
File photo: Rebecca Nyandeng Garang

Rebecca Nyandeng Garang, the prominent opposition figure and widow of
the late SPLM founder John Garang de Mabior, said intimidation and
security threats received by her associate s in Nairobi from some
elements in Juba will not affect the ongoing peace and reconciliation
process initiated by President Kiir.

“The ongoing peace process will not be affected by security threats
from anti-peace elements. Those elements in government fear that the
process could affect their interests. But we are working for the
interest of all people in South Sudan, so those people are few in
number and they are just afraid because of their positions. Those are
selfish people,” Rebecca Radio Tamazuj on Friday.

The former presidential advisor said there are anti-peace elements in
the government of South Sudan who don’t want peace in the country,
stressing that the resources are enough for all South Sudanese to
enjoy.

“Nobody is standing on someone’s head in South Sudan. Everyone is
important in South Sudan and even the children who will be born in the
future have the right,” he said.

Mrs Garang further said a genuine peace process in very important for
the sake of stability in the country. She emphasized the need for an
inclusive peace process, saying South Sudan is bigger than personal
interest.

“Even the president has accepted. He said that all the people of South
Sudan should come together that’s why we working on peace
initiatives,” she said.

Nyandeng said she will go to Juba once all processes for peace and
reconciliation are worked out in Uganda.” We will go to Juba when we
fully agree. We want to make that there is security in the country, so
we are working on the Aruha agreement and the participation of armed
groups,” she said.

Rebecca’s top aide, Michael Mabior, said Friday that he feared he may
go missing in Nairobi at any time after receiving security threats
from unknown security agents in the past two days.

On Thursday, former politician turned good governance activist Wol
Deng Atak expressed fear that security agents in Juba want him
deported back to South Sudan or kidnaped from Nairobi.