• TERMS OF USE
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • ETHICS COMMITTEE
  • SUBMITTING AN ARTICLE
Sunday, May 29, 2022
Sudans Post
  • HOME
  • NEWS
    • SOUTH SUDAN
    • SUDAN
    • REGION
  • EDUCATION
  • CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
  • PRESS RELEASES
  • OPINIONS & ANALYSIS
  • ABOUT US
  • CONTACT US
  • عربي
No Result
View All Result
  • HOME
  • NEWS
    • SOUTH SUDAN
    • SUDAN
    • REGION
  • EDUCATION
  • CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
  • PRESS RELEASES
  • OPINIONS & ANALYSIS
  • ABOUT US
  • CONTACT US
  • عربي
No Result
View All Result
Sudans Post
No Result
View All Result

South Sudan army officer says he is ‘relieved’ after fleeing Juba

In a statement extended to Sudans Post, Lt. Col. Buay Kandong Liem said he was relieved to have safely fled the South Sudan's capital Juba and declared that he is from today onward a part of the regime-change groups.

January 25, 2022
Reading Time: 4 mins read

Lt. Col. Buay Kandong Liem. [Photo courtesy]
Lt. Col. Buay Kandong Liem. [Photo courtesy]
JUBA – A high-ranking South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) officer has declared his intention to join the South Sudan United Front/Army (SSUF/A) led by former South Sudan army chief General Paul Malong Awan.

In a statement extended to Sudans Post, Lt. Col. Buay Kandong Liem said he was relieved to have safely fled the South Sudan’s capital Juba and declared that he is from today onward a part of the regime-change groups.

“Last week I left the country and together with it for good by God’s grace the pathetic, ethnocentric leadership of President Salva Kiir Mayardit. This all-time decision of mine has come about in response to the-ever-guilty conscience I have been living with since that forced returned of mine to the country through Gen. Taban’s peace with Kiir four years ago,” he said in the statement.

“It’s been a huge relieve that I am finally out of a nation abused by its ever own leader. As of today, 25th, of January 2022, I am to be counted among the ranks and files of those with nothing less than Kiir’s imminent exit of our country’s face,” he added.

He claimed that “the people of South Sudan are tired of him seeing him every day with nothing beside that ugly cowboy hat of his which had never parted for a day for the last 17 years that has been in our country’s helm.”

“That our country gasped for an imminent change is not uttered for its own sake. The current state of affairs in our nation tells us otherwise: the stagnant peace, the dwindling economy, the humiliating conditions faced by our fellow citizens among others are more than enough to let those with hearts for this nation to join change seekers,” he added.

The now former South Sudan army officer further criticized Kiir for having been in power without an informed idea on how to government a new country like South Sudan that still lacks institutions.

“Whatever the criteria for Kiir’s selection, the man was never the right choice for a nation that was just beginning to establish itself. A nation like ours with no prior heritage to claim in identity, governance and ideology couldn’t be erected by a fellow of President Kiir’s caliber,” he added.

Share this:

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

Related Posts

United Nations meeting on Sudan and South Sudan in New York, March 4, 2020 [Photo by UN/Eskinder Debebe]

Watchdog welcomes renewal of South Sudan arms embargo

South Sudan's map featuring Jonglei state in red. [Photo via Wikipedia]

Top government official survives ambush   

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
  • CONTACT US
  • ETHICS COMMITTEE
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • SUBMITTING AN ARTICLE
  • TERMS OF USE

RECENT NEWS

  • Watchdog welcomes renewal of South Sudan arms embargo
  • Top government official survives ambush   

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 © 2019–2021 Sudans Post - All rights reserved.

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

Copyright © 2019–2021 Sudans Post - All rights reserved.