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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>President Salva Kiir Mayardit has told part of the country\u2019s unified forces who graduated on Tuesday that he is now their commander in chief and should not take orders from their previous commander in chiefs.<\/p>\n

Kiir made the remarks during the graduation ceremony of over 20 thousand members of the unified forces provided for in the revitalized peace agreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom today, you are not a military wing of any party to the conflict. You are now the first national security sector organ of the republic of South Sudan,\u201d Kiir said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the president of the republic, I am your commander-in-chief. If your commander-in-chief was the chairperson of SPLM-IO, Dr. Riek Machar, or Hussein Abdelbagi or any other unknown commander-in-chief, now you belong to the republic of South Sudan,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The president went on to stress that it is the responsibility of the army to defend the country rather than considering themselves as army of ethnic groups.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is your responsibility to defend the flag of our country with all its colors and the meaning attached to each of them,\u201d said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou must never be a member of any political party, and you must consider yourself South Sudanese carrying out your duty, not a soldier of an ethnic group.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

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