SPLM-IO urges calm among supporters after resignation of Secretary-General

JUBA – South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, SPLM-IO, led by First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny, has called for calm after the group’s Secretary-General Tingo Peter, resigned over leadership failures.

This morning, 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 a statement this afternoon, Dut Majokdit, a senior SPLM-IO official and member of the group’s peace delegation in Juba, called for calm, saying the decision by Tingo is normal in politics.

“I urges SPLM-IO members and die-heart supporters to remain calm after The SPLM-IO Secretary General, Cde Tingo Peter’s resignation,” Majokdit said.

“It’s normal in any political organization to resigned from any position. It’s time to focus on the vision because tough days are still a head,” he added.