Kiir intervenes to address Red Army Foundation’s grievances

JUBA – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit has intervened after the Red Army Foundation led by Deng Bol Arua threatened to take further actions against the ruling Sudan people’s Liberation Movement (SPLA-IO) and has pledged to resolve the matter.

Yesterday, Bol said  the Red Army Foundation “was on collision course with the SPLM” and that “Our leaders keeps telling us that the SPLM belongs to us, yet we are not part of it, not working in it and not making policies and decisions within it.”

However, in a statement on Monday evening, Deng said President Salva Kiir Mayardit has intervened and urged the Red Army Foundation to come a negotiating table with the SPLM saying the dispute was about to be settled.

“This conflict is now about to be resolved, thanks to the intervention of our Chairman and President Cde Salva Kiir Mayardit. The top leadership of the country has asked the Red Army to prepare for dialogue and has called on me to report to Juba as soon as possible,” he said in the statement.

“I shall be traveling to Juba soon to meet with our leaders in the company of the leadership of the Red Army to chart the way forward. The Red Army remained seize of this opportunity to revive our historical party and use it as vehicle to fulfill the promise of the liberation,” he added.