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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>The Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement (SPLM) Party in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA) on Tuesday said the party remains united and is ready for the 2024 polls despite the recent defection by the area\u2019s founding father, Gen. David Yau Yau, to the SPLM-IO.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Radio Tamazuj Tuesday, Tony Thopia, the acting SPLM secretary for political affairs in GPAA, said the party is unmoved by Yau Yau\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were shocked yesterday (Monday) by the news that our senior cadre, David Yau Yau, joined the SPLM-IO,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, this morning, we met at the SPLM Party secretariat to declare our stand that the decision by Yau Yau is unilateral and has nothing to do with the SPLM caucus in GPAA or SPLM supporters here.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Thopia, the SPLM Party members remain committed and hope to win the anticipated elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to alert the public not to panic. We are committed to the SPLM Party values and we will win in the elections later this year and we will move ahead with our activities on peace and unity,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

For his part, GPAA Information Minister Abraham Kelang downplayed Yau Yau\u2019s decision and said that it was informed by political ambitions.<\/p>\n

\u201cYau Yau held several positions while in the SPLM Party, including as a GPAA chief administrator, governor, deputy defense minister, and deputy labor minister. Him saying today that SPLM has failed is a desperate decision out of thirst for power,\u201d he said. \u201cThe liberation of GPAA was done by the community, not Yau Yau as an individual because he was just leading the community at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHis decision will not affect the support for the SPLM Party in GPAA because he just defected with his family members and bodyguards and Yau Yau has no basis here,\u201d Minister Kelang added.<\/p>\n

Gen. Yau Yau announced his defection from the SPLM Party to Dr. Riek Machar\u2019s SPLM-IO on Monday at a press conference in Juba.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. The Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement (SPLM) Party in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA) on Tuesday said the party remains united and is ready for the 2024 polls despite the recent defection by the area\u2019s founding father, Gen. David Yau Yau, to the SPLM-IO. 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