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‘I will still be loyal to Kiir’: Ateny welcomes dismissal

South Sudan’s outgoing presidential press secretary Ateny Wek Ateny has issued a statement welcoming his dismissal from the office by President Salva Kiir Mayardit saying he will still remain a staunch support of the president.

August 5, 2022
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Ateny Wek Ateny. [Photo courtesy]
Ateny Wek Ateny. [Photo courtesy]
JUBA – South Sudan’s outgoing presidential press secretary Ateny Wek Ateny has issued a statement welcoming his dismissal from the office by President Salva Kiir Mayardit saying he will still remain a staunch support of the president.

The South Sudanese president in a decree read out on the state-own South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC) on Friday dismissed Ateny who was appointed after criticizing the then presidential press team in November 2013.

He did not cite a reason for his removal and also did not immediately name a replacement.

In a statement, Ateny congratulated the president for relieving him and said the president’s decision is a normal procedure for the president.

“First of all, let congratulate you Mr. President for a job well-done to relieve me on my duties as the First ever Press Secretary in the Office of the President on Friday, August 5, 2022. I took your decision as normal, routine and prerogative of your Excellency,” he said.

“As I celebrated my appointment nine years ago, I earnestly did celebrate my relieve today, and any friend or a foe who called me to check whether I was taking the news normally, or otherwise, all might have been surprised by the level my jubilation,” he added.

“For me, I think have made history to which I and my family would be proud of. Given the demand of my job, and how managing a country on crises since its inception entails, I think President Kiir gave me more than honor a man can expect from another man.

“Being the first Press Secretary in the Office was a lifetime privilege and honor. I am now more exposed than of any other time in my life. So, if I was doing my job right or wrong, the fact that I had spent good 9 years in it, was an indication that I wasn’t there on mere coincidence. I had what it takes to have served the President and the country to which I will remain a loyal citizen.

“With being in government or not, I will still be loyal to President Kiir, my former colleagues and the government of National Unity and beyond. I subscribe to the notion of being a support of government having assignment or otherwise.

“Finally, I am grateful to the President again. I wish him and the government a very wonderful extended tenure.”

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  1. Crazy Doctor says:
    1 week ago

    Congretulation to Salva Kiir Mayardit to your friday night decree. Thank your wise wisedom that you have did to decreed out your press information. But you have not done enough of leaving behind you, some ministers and who always turned themsleves to be your good ministers

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