{"id":14988,"date":"2022-04-17T13:24:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T13:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gatwech-names-new-military-spokesman"},"modified":"2022-04-17T13:58:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-17T13:58:43","slug":"gatwech-names-new-military-spokesman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gatwech-names-new-military-spokesman","title":{"rendered":"Gatwech names new military spokesman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>South Sudan opposition commander and leader of the breakaway SPLA-IO Kitgwang faction has appointed a new military spokesman to replace General Gatjiath Deng who defected to join the South Sudan People\u2019s Defense Forces under President Salva Kiir Mayardit.<\/p>\n<p>Gatjiath was appointed in 2015 as the spokesman of the SPLA-IO by First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny, but decided to defect from the group last August following the infamous SPLA-IO Kitgwang declaration that resulted in the split of the SPLA-IO into two factions with the breakaway faction being led by General Gatwech.<\/p>\n<p>But earlier this year, Gatjiath who was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general defected from the SPLA-IO Kitgwang under Gatwech and joint the South Sudan People\u2019s Defense Forces accusing General Gatwech of lacking vision and objective to operate a movement.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the group remained without a military spokesman and in a statement on Friday, Gatwech appointed Col. Alfred Gach Thot as the military spokesman of the SPLA-IO Kitgwang faction effective April 15, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on the structural document of the SPLM\/A (IO), and reference to Kitgwang Declaration, I 1st Lt. Gen. Simon Gatwech Dual, the Interim Chairman and Commander in Chief of the SPLM\/A (IO) Kitgwang, do hereby appoint Col. Alfred Gach Thot as the as the military spokesperson of SPLA (IO) Kitgwang, with effect from 15th April 202,\u201d he said in a statement extended to Sudans Post.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\">South-Sudan<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. South Sudan opposition commander and leader of the breakaway SPLA-IO Kitgwang faction has appointed a new military spokesman to replace General Gatjiath Deng who defected to join the South Sudan People\u2019s Defense Forces under President Salva Kiir Mayardit. 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