• TERMS OF USE
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • ETHICS COMMITTEE
  • SUBMITTING AN ARTICLE
Sunday, June 15, 2025
Sudans Post
  • HOME
  • NEWS
    • SOUTH SUDAN
    • SUDAN
    • REGION
  • EDUCATION
  • CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
  • PRESS RELEASES
  • OPINIONS & ANALYSES
  • ABOUT US
  • CONTACT US
  • عربي
No Result
View All Result
  • HOME
  • NEWS
    • SOUTH SUDAN
    • SUDAN
    • REGION
  • EDUCATION
  • CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
  • PRESS RELEASES
  • OPINIONS & ANALYSES
  • ABOUT US
  • CONTACT US
  • عربي
No Result
View All Result
Sudans Post
No Result
View All Result

Kiir asked to also reinstate Angelina Teny

South Sudan activist and economist Peter Biar Ajak has welcomed the decision of President Salva Kiir Mayardit to reinstate the speaker of Jonglei state parliament and asked him to also reinstate the defense minister.

by Sudans Post
April 6, 2023

South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit [Photo by unknown]
South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit [Photo by unknown]
JUBA, MARCH 6, 2023 (SUDANS POST) – South Sudan activist and economist Peter Biar Ajak has welcomed the decision of President Salva Kiir Mayardit last night to reinstate the speaker of Jonglei state parliament and asked him to also reinstate the defense minister.

In a presidential decree read out on the state-own South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC) yesterday, Kiir reinstated Amer Ateny Alier who he had removed from her position in January under unclear circumstances.

The presidential decree was issued hours after a meeting between Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar who is also the leader of the main armed opposition Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO).

In a tweet reacting to the reinstatement of the Jonglei State parliamentary speaker, Peter Biar described the move by Kiir as a show of political maturity, but then asked the head of state to also revoke his decision removing Angelina Teny and taking away the defense ministry portfolio from the SPLM-IO.

“Learning to admit one’s mistakes is a symbol of growth and maturity, however little it is. I am glad President Kiir revoked this unilateral decree,” Biar wrote in the tweet seen by Sudans Post.

“He should now revoke the unilateral decrees removing the minister of defense and the swapping of defense and interior ministers,” he added.

KIIR-MACHAR RELATIONS SOURED

Kiir on 3 March 2023 issued a presidential decree sacking Angelina Teny of the main armed opposition SPLM-IO as the minister of defense.

Based on the revitalized peace agreement, the position should be occupied by a person from the main armed opposition SPLM-IO under Machar.

But Kiir went on a swapped the ministry of defense with the ministry of interior which he gave to the SPLM-IO in return for losing the ministry of defense.

The move was rejected by the SPLM-IO resulting in soured relations between the two main signatories of the revitalized peace agreement.

Despite the SPLM-IO rejection, Kiir last week issued a decree appointing his ally as the minister of defense.

Machar yet again decried the latest move as a “blatant violation” of the revitalized peace agreement and called on Kiir, an important peace partner, to revoke his decision.

Kiir’s allies say the president had to take the defense ministry to consolidate his control of the security sector ahead of elections.

Share this:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp
  • Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Sudans Post

Sudans Post is an independent, young, and grass roots news media organization aimed at providing readers with an alternate depiction of events that occur on Sudan, South Sudan and East Africa, and to establish an engaging social platform for readers to discover and discuss the various issues that impact the two countries and the region.

SUDANS POST

  • ABOUT US
  • Client Portal
  • Client Portal
  • CONTACT US
  • ETHICS COMMITTEE
  • LoginPress
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • SUBMITTING AN ARTICLE
  • TERMS OF USE

RECENT NEWS

  • Lakes State Governor releases Cueibet County Commissioner
  • Four suspects arrested in Tonj North for attempted cattle theft

SUBSCRIBE TO SUDANS POST

Get the news delivered right into your inbox and subscribe!

Loading
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • TERMS OF USE
  • ETHICS COMMITTEE
  • SUBMITTING AN ARTICLE

Copyright © 2019–2025 Sudans Post - All rights reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • HOME
  • NEWS
    • SOUTH SUDAN
    • SUDAN
    • REGION
  • EDUCATION
  • CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
  • PRESS RELEASES
  • OPINIONS & ANALYSES
  • ABOUT US
  • CONTACT US
  • عربي

Copyright © 2019–2025 Sudans Post - All rights reserved.