{"id":81331,"date":"2025-08-14T10:51:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T10:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/machar-allies-protest-dismissals-call-it-peace-deal-attack"},"modified":"2025-08-14T11:05:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T11:05:57","slug":"machar-allies-protest-dismissals-call-it-peace-deal-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/machar-allies-protest-dismissals-call-it-peace-deal-attack","title":{"rendered":"Machar Allies Protest Dismissals, Call It Peace Deal Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>South Sudan\u2019s main armed opposition group, Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement-in Opposition (SPLM-IO), led by First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny, protested the removal of its officials by President Salva Kiir Mayardit, calling the move a \u2018systematic campaign\u2019 to dismantle the peace agreement.<\/p>\n<p>A statement issued by Reath Muoch Tang, SPLM-IO Acting Chairperson of the National Committee on Foreign Relations and former Member of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly, said Kiir acted unilaterally and in blatant violation of the 2018 peace deal.<\/p>\n<p>In a series of presidential decrees issued on Wednesday, Kiir fired key Machar allies, including the Speaker of the Council of States, Deng Deng, the First Deputy Speaker of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly, Oyet Nathaniel, and the SPLM-IO Chief Whip, Farouk Gatkuoth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis latest purge is not an isolated incident but the culmination of a systematic campaign to dismantle the peace agreement and exclude the SPLM-IO from the governance of the country,\u201d Muoch said in a statement issued on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Muoch accused Kiir of acting on his own without consultation with the party\u2019s leadership, describing it as a violation of the provision of power-sharing composition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Kiir\u2019s actions have now rendered the R-ARCSS null and void. The SPLM-IG has abrogated the peace agreement in the full view of the African Union, IGAD, and the wider international community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He called on the African Union, IGAD, and the international community to condemn the violation, saying silence in the face of this breach will embolden further violations, deepen instability, and risk plunging the country back into conflict.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated the SPLM-IO\u2019s readiness to continue to protect peace and prevent a return to war.<\/p>\n<p>He said the party will continue to uphold the legitimacy of the peace framework, saying without SPLM-IO participation, the current government \u2018lacks political and moral legitimacy.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will demonstrate to the people of South Sudan and the peace guarantors and the international community that we have exercised the highest level of restraint and commitment in the face of provocation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He called on the international community to place all oil revenues of South Sudan into what he called a \u201cmonitored escrow account\u201d to prevent their misuse for war efforts and political repression.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImmediate international mediation to address the crisis created by this unilateral dismantling of the peace agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Sudan<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. South Sudan\u2019s main armed opposition group, Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement-in Opposition (SPLM-IO), led by First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny, protested the removal of its officials by President Salva Kiir Mayardit, calling the move a \u2018systematic campaign\u2019 to dismantle the peace agreement. 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