{"id":22391,"date":"2022-08-07T17:01:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T17:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-machar-failed-people-of-south-sudan-says-us-lawmaker"},"modified":"2022-08-07T17:10:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T17:10:56","slug":"kiir-machar-failed-people-of-south-sudan-says-us-lawmaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-machar-failed-people-of-south-sudan-says-us-lawmaker","title":{"rendered":"Kiir, Machar failed people of South Sudan, says US lawmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>South Sudan\u2019s President Salva Kiir Mayardit and his first deputy, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, have failed the people of South Sudan by refusing to implement the 2018 peace deal, U.S senator said.<\/p>\n

U.S Senator, Patrick Leahy slammed Kiir and Machar for extending what he called \u201cunpopular authoritarian rule\u201d for three years without the consent of the people of South Sudan.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is no secret that President Kiir and his Deputy Machar have made the conditions for holding free and fair elections impossible, for all the reasons noted earlier,\u201d Leahy said in a statement extended to Sudans Post on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Leahy said the country\u2019s leaders have done nothing to prepare for elections, preferring instead to retain power by default.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy fomenting civil unrest and violence and threatening and arresting their critics, they have transformed the peace agreement into a meaningless document,\u201d Leahy said.<\/p>\n

He said the rule of Kiir and Machar has brought what he called \u201cdictatorship, corruption, violence, and misery\u201d to the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sad reality is that while the South Sudanese people won their independence from Sudan, they remain captives of the same ruthless and corrupt warlords who created so much ethnic conflict, bloodshed, and misery during the civil war and who have not been held accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey simply reinvented themselves as political leaders, with a stamp of legitimacy from the international community, while continuing to act like the warlords they are and always were.\u201d<\/p>\n

U.S senator said the two leaders showed no interest in implementing the 2018 peace aims to end more than 6 years of civil war.<\/p>\n

He added that the leaders showed no interest in the welfare of their people.<\/p>\n

He said they showed no interest in anything except holding onto power, avoiding justice, and enriching themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ethnic and political violence, displacements, and destruction of villages and food stocks perpetrated against South Sudanese civilians in different parts of the country, including by forces loyal to them, must stop.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe arbitrary arrests, sexual assaults and rape, forced disappearance, and killings of religious, civil society, and political leaders must stop, and justice is done for the victims.\u201d<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Sudan<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. South Sudan\u2019s President Salva Kiir Mayardit and his first deputy, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, have failed the people of South Sudan by refusing to implement the 2018 peace deal, U.S senator said. 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