Africa-Press – South-Sudan. South Sudan’s First Vice President and leader of the main armed opposition Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO), Dr. Riek Machar Teny, has reconstituted leadership of the group’s national committee.
This comes many months after several SPLM-IO committee chairpersons, as well as deputy chairman of the SPLM-IO, decided to defect from the group and joined rival Kiir’s SPLM in Government or form their own groups.
Below is the order by Machar reconstituting national committee chairpersons.
SUDAN PEOPLE’S LIBERATION MOVEMENT
SPLM (IO)
GENERAL
HEADQUARTERS
Subject: Reconstitution of SPLM/SPLA (IO) National Committees of the National Liberation Council
Pursuant to the resolutions (1) and (2) of September 23, 2016 Khartoum Political Bureau meeting; resolutions (1) and (2) of August 31, 2018 Khartoum Political Bureau meeting; operationalization of resolutions of 3rd Conference of the NLC on September 22, 2018 held in Khartoum; resolution number (1) on organization matters of 6th National Conference held in Juba on 1-5th December 2020; and resolution (7) of the 4th National Liberation Council held in Juba on 2nd December 2021, I hereby reconstitute the leadership of SPLM/SPLA(IO) National Committee as follows:
Chairpersons:
Deputy Chairperson
Deputy Chairperson
Signed,
Riek Machar Teny-Dhurgon, PhD.
Chairman and Commander-In-Chief, SPLM/SPLATIO) and the First Vice President of the Republic
22nd March 2022.
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