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Peter Lam Both, SPLM Secretary-General, told a group of President Salva Kiir’s supporters in Kuajok on Sunday that the Nuer people have also continued to rally behind leaders who have intentions to fight the Dinka people.
“Riek Machar declared war against Dinka. Any Nuer who declares war against Dinka, all the Nuer will follow him. I myself Peter Lam, if I declare war against Dinka, the Nuer will come out of UNMISS and follow me,” he said.
INCITEMENT FOT ETHNIC WAR
In reaction, South Sudan’s prominent activist Edmund Yakani said the statement amounts to incitement for an ethnic violence and can lead to the collapse of the revitalized peace agreement and may return the country to war.
“This statement made by brother Peter Lam is bad and it is a violation of the CoH, 2017. Further recently President Salva Kiir in his speech for the closure of the year 2022 and opening doors for year 2023 declared year 2023 to be year of forgiveness, reconciliation and development but this statement is totally contradictory to the declaration of the president as chairperson of the ruling party,” Yakani said in an email to Sudans Post.
“As signatory to the R-ARCSS with due respect and honor to brother Peter Lam it is good to apology to the nation as a leader. Mistake can happen but responsible person does take responsibility of apologizing to the nation with the spirit of president declaration for year 2023 to be year of forgiveness, reconciliation and reconciliation,” he added.
“It is time for our leaders to learn how to avoid making statements that may trigger return to violence or occurrence of ethnic war that may constitute genocide like of Rwanda in 1994. Political discipline is highly required to be exercise by our leaders and political elites at their various capacities anywhere.
The peace agreement can easily fail, and the current slow implementation all are associated with political indiscipline. Let us stop political indiscipline if we want to successful transition from violation to peace,” Yakani stressed.
Well, what Lam Both said in Kuajok indicate his weaknesses on being not oriented politically, politic and academic are different things. I want to say that the statement he delivered is too tribalistic and he should revise himself from that point. The statement is very contradictory to the other statements delivered by the president in the year 2022.
I did not expect this statement from Peter Lam Both, very unfortunate statement.
this is the beginning of bringing conflict, the Ruling Party wants to course blood shade again and they are not happy when people are in peace. let them leave these mojis or evil things of witch doctors. those people use to renew themselves with blood of South Sudanese people. we will never run from South Sudan to America this is the Land God promise for us.
please, do not spoil your dignity. you fought for 21 years now you want buried your struggle.