{"id":4080,"date":"2021-11-10T15:32:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T15:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/machar-has-no-plan-to-return-to-splm-party-official"},"modified":"2021-11-10T15:36:16","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T15:36:16","slug":"machar-has-no-plan-to-return-to-splm-party-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/machar-has-no-plan-to-return-to-splm-party-official","title":{"rendered":"Machar has no plan to return to SPLM party \u2013 official"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>A senior member of the Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) has said that First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny who is also the leader of the main armed opposition group is not planning to join the ruling Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement (SPLM) led by President Salva Kiir Mayardit.<\/p>\n<p>There have been speculations through whole of last week that Machar was planning to rejoin the ruling SPLM faction as claims have been made that relationship between Kiir and Machar was improving.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Sudans Post on Tuesday night, Dut Majokdit, a member of the SPLM-IO National Liberation Council (NLC) and close ally of the First Vice President, said the SPLM-IO and Machar in particular, has no plan to rejoin the ruling Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement led by President Salva Kiir Mayardit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst of all those speculations are all lies and the First Vice President, chairman and commander in chief of the SPLM\/SPLA (IO) has no any intention to join the SPLM in Government led by President Salva,\u201d Majokdit told a Sudans Post reporter in Juba on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe SPLM\/SPLM (IO) is a political organization that has an intention to effect change in the Republic of South Sudan and we cannot join the ruling party because the people of South Sudan have declared their disapproval of the SPLM under President Salva Kiir Mayardit,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He further added that the group led by Machar \u201ccannot commit suicide and sell our dignity and popularity among the people of South Sudan by going to the SPLM party which we know that the people of South Sudan will not vote for in the elections.\u201d<\/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. A senior member of the Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) has said that First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny who is also the leader of the main armed opposition group is not planning to join the ruling Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement (SPLM) led by President Salva Kiir Mayardit. 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