{"id":2201,"date":"2021-09-27T17:41:35","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T17:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/opposition-commander-abandons-training-center-joins-gen-gatwech"},"modified":"2021-09-27T17:51:06","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T17:51:06","slug":"opposition-commander-abandons-training-center-joins-gen-gatwech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/opposition-commander-abandons-training-center-joins-gen-gatwech","title":{"rendered":"Opposition commander abandons training center, joins Gen. Gatwech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\">South-Sudan<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>A senior South Sudan opposition commander belonging to South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) on the ticket of Federal Democratic Party (FDP) led by the country\u2019s Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology Gabriel Changson Lew Chang has resigned from the opposition consortium and joined SPLM\/SPLA (IO) factional leader General Simon Gatwech Dual.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement extended to Sudans Post, Brigadier General Sebit Abdelgadir Bol said he resigned to protest the impediments in the implementation of the revitalized peace agreement \u2013 especially on the security arrangements provided for in the 2018 peace deal \u2013 which would see the rival forces being put together to form a professional national army.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn reference to the above mentioned subject, I Brigadier General Sebit Abdelgadir Bol, after I had learnt and witnessed inevitable frustration in \u201cRambur Senior Officers\u2019 Training Center\u201d for almost three years and I have seen the security arrangements is not being implemented as stipulated by the agreement which is of course considered as a lack of nationalism and patriotism in the country,\u201d he said in the statement extended to Sudans Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, I brigadier general Sebit Abdelgadir Bol have officially presented my resignation letter to my political party FDP and declared my full allegiance to Kit-Gwang Declaration under the leadership of General Simon Gatwech Dual, the interim chairman and Commander in Chief, SPLM\/A (IO),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after Chair of Human Rights Commission in South Sudan Yasmin Sooka told Human Rights Council that the security situation in the world\u2019s youngest country was deteriorating because of the delay by the peace parties to bring together their forces and command to form a one national army.<\/p>\n<p>Violence has been ongoing in Tambura County of Western Equatoria state between local armed groups allegedly supported by South Sudan People\u2019s Defense Forces (SSPDF) led by President Salva Kiir Mayardit and the Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement\/Army in Opposition (SPLM\/SPLA-IO) led by First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny.<\/p>\n<p>Sooka on September 23 said \u201cNine out of the ten States in South Sudan is engulfed in violence. 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A senior South Sudan opposition commander belonging to South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) on the ticket of Federal Democratic Party (FDP) led by the country\u2019s Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology Gabriel Changson Lew Chang has resigned from the opposition consortium and joined SPLM\/SPLA (IO) factional leader General Simon Gatwech Dual. 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