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In a statement on December 25, Brigadier General Samuel Machuol Nguen who was working as a government representative to the Joint Transitional Security Committee (JTSC), a peace mechanism created by the revitalized peace agreement, said the SPLM-IO which is also a signatory to the deal, is the only hope for the implementation of the revitalized peace agreement.
“I would like to inform the general public that I Brigadier gen, Samuel Machuol Nguen as of today 25/12/2020 do hereby declare my defection from SPLM-IG to SPLM-IO. The reason of my defection was due to the lack of political will exhibited by SPLM-IG to implement the agreement,” the police officer said in the statement extended to Sudans Post.
“The SPLM-IO remains the only hope and the engine of change for the people of south Sudan. Therefore I decided to join them and be part of change the people of south Sudan need,” he added in the statement dated December 25.
The latest high-level defection comes more than a week after a regional meeting of the IGAD heads of state and government called on peace partners to cease defection which the regional bloc said hampers the implementation of the deal.
This routine rebellions from two camps of SPLM-IG and SPLM-IO is not reasonable rebellion because they lack political objectives because there is no reason that make people to rotate political positions in one government. People are just hunting for positions and this will never benefits the people of South Sudan. Dr. Riak Machar has already joined Kiir and it make no meaning to join either Kiir or Machar’s factions. President Kiir and Dr. Machar should look on how to avoid this routine rebellion within one government. Wishing you happy new year.