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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>South Sudan\u2019s exiled opposition leader, Peter Biar Ajak, has launched a scathing attack on President Salva Kiir\u2019s leadership, accusing him of employing divisive political tactics, planning dubious elections, and allowing foreign entities to exert undue influence in South Sudan\u2019s domestic affairs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe country is destroyed, impoverished, everything is corrupted. People reduced from proud people to beggars, people that are vulnerable,\u201d Biar, the leader of the Revive South Sudan Party (RSSP), said in a blistering interview with Sudans Post on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The prominent opposition leader, who had to flee the country amidst threats by the government security agency NSS in 2020, also questioned the growing influence of foreign entities in South Sudan and expressed deep concern about the unequal distribution of benefits to the country\u2019s citizens.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you look in the country, the economy is taken over by foreigners. Your own country, even our own water from the Nile comes from the foreigners. You buy it from them. Anything, it\u2019s foreigners that control it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Biar asserted that South Sudan\u2019s citizens are not benefiting from the country\u2019s resources and decried President Kiir\u2019s divisive rhetoric, which he said has stoked ethnic tensions and created a climate of mistrust and fear.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know he (President Kiir) then says that we, the Dinka people, are being attacked; our leadership, other tribes hate us. Why do other tribes hate us? We are friendly people; we have good neighbors in Jonglei with Lou Nuer and Gawar; we get along very well; they don\u2019t hate us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Biar attributed the rise of ethnic divisions to the deliberate manipulation of fear and animosity by both President Kiir and his rival and first deputy, Riek Machar. \u201cSo, they (Kiir and Machar) developed this image of hate in the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He predicted that Kiir would face significant challenges in the upcoming elections, citing his unpopularity in various regions due to his divisive policies. He asserted that Kiir would not receive any votes in Upper Nile, for example.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, Salva Kiir knows in Upper Nile, for example, he will not get any vote. He knows also in Equatoria, because of his divisive politics of different rule, and the way we basically marginalize the community and the voices from there, just using Wani Igga as a sham representative of the Equatoria region, he would not get a vote,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Biar, an economist, also highlighted the growing discontent within President Kiir\u2019s own stronghold, the Bahr el Ghazal region, pointing to what he called an \u201copen\u201d rebellion in Northern Bahr el Ghazal and widespread resentment in Warrap and Lakes.<\/p>\n

Ajak accused President Kiir of resorting to intimidation and violence to suppress his candidacy, alleging that he is preventing him from participating in the elections. \u201cSo, he\u2019s not even allowing me to compete in the election,\u201d he charged.<\/p>\n

Biar expressed fears for his safety and urged President Kiir to publicly declare his support for his participation and ensure his security. \u201cHe has to come up on record and say that he\u2019s okay with me coming and he will provide security, and I have a good reason to fear for that,\u201d he challenged.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. South Sudan\u2019s exiled opposition leader, Peter Biar Ajak, has launched a scathing attack on President Salva Kiir\u2019s leadership, accusing him of employing divisive political tactics, planning dubious elections, and allowing foreign entities to exert undue influence in South Sudan\u2019s domestic affairs. \u201cThe country is destroyed, impoverished, everything is corrupted. 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