SPLM/A-IO welcomes recent US and British ambassadors’ statements on formation of unity government
Mabior Garang De Mabior, Chairperson of the SPLM-IO National Committee For Information, speaking to audience during an unknown event (File/Supplied/SSNN)
October 14th, 2019 (SSNN)-The SPLM/SPLA (IO) has welcomed recent statements by the United States Ambassador to South Sudan, Thomas Hushek and the British ambassador to South Sudan, H.E Christopher Trott.
Mabior Garang De Mabior, Chairperson of the SPLM-IO National Committee For Information, says Salva Kiir’s Administration has taken advantage of benevolence shown by South Sudan’s international partners.
“The regime in Juba has, perennially, taken advantage of the goodwill shown by the friends of South Sudan, plunging our nascent Republic into a vicious cycle of tribal war, making the country a failed state in the process.”
Adding that:“The catalyst and impact of this conflict are well documented by the African Union Commission of Inquiry for South Sudan, the UN Panel of Experts, Amnesty International, the Enough Project ( The Sentry Reports) and other credible human rights organizations. What is imperative at this critical juncture is to find a way forward which conforms with the provisions of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS).”
He commended the statements of the two diplomats, saying the remarks will certainly pave the way forward and push the government to accelerate the implementation of the peace deal.
“In this spirit, the statements by the US and UK ambassadors, will go a long way in highlighting and curbing the intransigence of a regime which has been flaunting and contravening the Agreement with impunity since we first signed it in 2015.”
The main opposition group said it agreed with the Western countries’ remarks that outstanding issues must be fully resolved before an interim government can be formed.
“The leadership of the peoples’ movement is fully committed to the full implementation of the negotiated settlement in letter and spirit. As such, we concur with the positions and calls of the US and UK ambassadors on the urgent need to resolve the outstanding issues before the formation of the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (R-TGoNU) on November 12th 2019. We would, however, like to remind the US and UK ambassadors that the regime has deliberately used their privilege of incumbency to impose unreasonable outstanding issues, which have become a major stumbling block to the peace process.”
He pointed out that, “The Security Arrangements, including the issue of cantonment of forces, are clearly stipulated in Chapter II. The Permanent Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements and the issues of number of states was resolved when the Independent Boundaries Commission (IBC) resolved – consistent with the aspirations of the peoples of South Sudan – to implement the Agreement based on the ten (10) states.”
“We are hopeful that the US, UK and the international community shall not abandon the peoples of South Sudan at a time when our hard-won freedom has been hijacked by an antipeople clique whose aim is to pillage the country of its resources and haughtily annihilate our shared values.”
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