Opposition official accuses gov’t of bribery after SPLM-IO SG’s defection
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South Sudan First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny and then deputy chair of COVID-19 taskforce speaks during a press conference in Juba to announce first COVID-19 case in South Sudan on March 5, 2020 [Photo via Getty Images]
Yesterday, Tingo resigned citing leadership shortcomings from Machar who he accused of running the main armed opposition group ‘single-handedly’ since outbreak of war in December 2013.
“I, the undersigned Cde Tingo Peter Regbigo Limbo have resigned from the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition the SPLM-I0 as of today Tuesday November 10″, 2020, following your lack of display of good leadership,” Tingo said in a statement extended to Sudans Post on Tuesday.
“I have spent seven years working along your side as Deputy Secretary for Agriculture, and Governor of Wau Federal state from (2014 -2016) and as SPLM-IO Secretary General from 2016 to November 2020,” he added.
In an exclusive interview with Sudans Post this morning, Dut Majokdit, a senior SPLM-IO member in Northern Bahr el Ghazal state and member of the SPLM-IO peace delegation in Juba, said the government is bribing opposition figures to derail peace implementation.
“The SPLM-IG is buying opposition figures. This is what the SPLM-IG has been doing since this war and the peace process begun. They shouldn’t do that if they are committed to peace because the process is not acceptable under the revitalized peace agreement,” Dut said.
The senior opposition official denounced government intention to allow Tingo to speak on the state-ran South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC) saying it is a show of unwillingness to respect the peace deal.
“Of course the SPLM-IG decision to allow him to speak on the SSBC, which should only disseminate peace, is a indication that the IG is not willing to stick to the terms of the revitalized peace agreement,” he added.