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“The SPLM/A (IO) under the leadership of First Lieutenant General, Simon Gatwech Dual upholds its full support and commits to the Revitalized Agreement On The Resolution Of the Conflict In South Sudan (R-ARCSS) as means to transfer power peacefully into the people and brings about tranquility in the country if it were honestly implemented,” General Gatwech said in the statement extended to Sudans Post.
In the statement in which General Gatwech declared himself the leader of the main armed opposition Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO), the controversial opposition leader said he “Appreciates the recent appeals released by the US Government and its partners on the status of the agreement.”
He also “Appreciates the peace guarantors for continuing to exert pressure on the signatories towards the implementation of the agreement even though their efforts are frustrated as often.”
The powerful opposition commander further warns “of the collapse of the Agreement if security arrangements and the chapter on transitional justice are not effected in letter and spirit.”
