BREAKING: South Sudan Ex-Governors say “they no longer want $60,000 compensation package”
Ex-governors of South Sudan’s defunct 32 states plus Abyei lined up at Juba International Airport to receive President Salva Kiir upon his return from a foreign mission(Photo credit: SSNN)
June 18, 2020(SSNN) — South Sudan’s ex-governors of the defunct controversial 32 states plus Abyei have publicly declared this morning that they are no longer demanding for their $60,000 compensation package as demanded two weeks ago.
A group of angry ex-governors stormed the Ministry of Finance two weeks ago and threatened that they will defect from the government if they are not paid their “compensation package”; however, for the last two days, the ex-governors have categorically denied having threatened to revolt and re-pledged their loyalty to the leadership of President Salva Kiir Mayardit.
According to a statement signed by some ex-governors and extended to South Sudan News Now, the former governors are no longer interested in their compensation saying, that president Salva Kiir has been nice to them and therefore it will be upto him to decide when and how to compensation them.
“Who said we want to be compensated? That is a fake news by the enemies of peace of this country” read part of a statement signed by ex-governors of Pibor, Maiwut, Jonglei, Jubek and 7 other former states.
“Our president is a very good man, he cares for us and for this country. We can’t threaten him for something he promised from his heart” Read part of the statement.
“In fact we do not need to be compensated for serving our people. Since the days of SPLM/A our contribution to this country has always been free unless if the president wants to give us something but it should not be made to look like a compensation” the letter continue.
Speaking to media two days ago at the SPLM House in Juba, some of the ex-governors came out refuting the claims saying that they condemn the earlier reports that accused them of wanting compensations.
“We…write to refute and condemn in the strongest terms possible, the groundless accusation circulating on social media platforms, radio talk shows, and the Arabic newspaper Al-Watan newspaper,” the ex-governors stated;
“We have been falsely accused by the enemies of peace of putting the I-TGoNU under pressure to pay us a lump sum or face a rebellion.” They continued.
What seems to be a change of heart for an allegation that was made two weeks earlier came immediately after the main peace partners, the SPLM-Kiir and SPLM-Machar, agreed on allocation of states.
The new agreement, which allocates six states to SPLM-Kiir, three to SPLM-Machar and one to SSOA, will ensure that state and local governments are formed.
Although it is not clear who will be appointed as governor of what states, many politicians are on standby waiting patiently for positions in the upcoming state governments and any negative allegations could disqualify some politicians from such appointments.
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