{"id":2363,"date":"2021-10-05T12:14:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T12:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/forgive-me-gen-gatwech-appeals-to-kiir-for-amnesty"},"modified":"2021-10-05T12:14:23","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T12:14:23","slug":"forgive-me-gen-gatwech-appeals-to-kiir-for-amnesty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/forgive-me-gen-gatwech-appeals-to-kiir-for-amnesty","title":{"rendered":"\u201cForgive me\u201d, Gen. Gatwech appeals to Kiir for amnesty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Sudan<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The leader of South Sudan\u2019s main armed opposition Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) faction General Simon Gatwech Dual has issued a written position on the revitalized peace agreement as requested by the Sudanese government and has appealed to President Salva Kiir Mayardit to issue a general amnesty.<\/p>\n

Gen. Gatwech was last the SPLA-IO chief of staff before breaking away from the group in August following an attempt in which he and other senior SPLA-IO commanders such as General Johnson Olony Thabo and General Thomas Mabor Dhol sought to remove First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny as the leader of the SPLM-IO.<\/p>\n

Last week, he met in the Sudanese capital Khartoum with a delegation of the government of President Salva Kiir Mayardit to prepare for talks on the re-commitment to the implementation of the revitalized peace agreement and the Sudanese government which is set to mediate between the South Sudan parties asked Gatwech to issue a position paper on the implementation of the 2018 peace agreement.<\/p>\n

In a position paper today, Gen. Gatwech stressed that the \u201csecurity arrangements are central to political stability in our nascent republic\u201d and that the SPLM-IO faction he leads \u201caspires to restore the dignity of the South Sudanese people by addressing the problem of political violence in our land.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the revitalized peace agreement \u201cwas the hope and still the hope for a lasting peace in South Sudan\u201d but then said the \u201cthe non-implementation of many of its important previsions, especially the provision of security arrangements, which is the backbone of the agreement, has led many to lose hope in the R-ARCSS and that\u2019s the main reason behind the Kitgwang Declaration.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the infamous Kitgwang Declaration \u201ccame about as result of non-implementation of the security arrangement provision with the hope that R-ARCSS will be fully implemented, we welcomed and appreciate the willingness of the government of the Republic of South Sudan for their tireless effort to bring peace and stability in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the position paper, Gatwech called for a \u201cgeneral amnesty [that] should be granted to the SPLM\/A-IO Kitgwang Declaration leadership as a sign of good faith for successful negotiation\u201d from the government of President Salva Kiir Mayardit before any talk is started between him and President Salva Kiir Mayardit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. The leader of South Sudan\u2019s main armed opposition Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) faction General Simon Gatwech Dual has issued a written position on the revitalized peace agreement as requested by the Sudanese government and has appealed to President Salva Kiir Mayardit to issue a general amnesty. Gen. Gatwech was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":2362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,265,587,347,233],"class_list":["post-2363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-sudan","tag-amnesty","tag-gatwech","tag-south-sudan"],"yoast_head":"\n\u201cForgive me\u201d, Gen. 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