Dec 1, 2016(Nyamilepedia) ——– South Sudan’s former Vice President, Chairman and Commander-in-Chief of SPLM/SPLA(IO) relieved, and reappointed Hon. Tingo Peter as the Secretary General of SPLM/SPLA-IO.
According to a press release extended to Nyamilepedia Press, Dr. Machar relieved Hon. Tingo as military governor of Wau State to take over the position of Secretary General of SPLM/SPLA(IO).
“Pursuant to the SPLM(IO) Constitution and Reference to the political Bureau Resolution of September 23rd 2016 on restructuring of the SPLM/SPLA(IO) political organs, I, Dr. Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon, Chairman and Commander-in-Chief, SPLM/SPLA(IO), hereby appoints Cde Tingo Peter Regbigo as Secretary General of SPLM/SPLA(IO) with effect from 1st December, 2016” Reads part of Machar’s statement.
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SG Tingo replaces Dr. Dhieu Mathok Ding, the former Secretary General, who defected with other politicians following the resumption of war in Juba in July, 2016.
After a long evacuation of SPLM/SPLA-IO leadership from the forests of South Sudan and DR. Congo, Machar has so far organized a few meeting with SPLM/SPLA(IO) leadership in Khartoum and others through teleconferences.
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For the past five months Machar has made very limited appointments starting with appointment of a Sector Commander for SPLA-IO forces in Central Equatoria to appointment of Executive Director for Humanitarians Affairs.
While the SPLA-IO leadership remains intact, more restructuring is expected in the political wing(SPLM-IO) to replace a few senior politicians who have defected to Kiir’s side.
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Machar, who controls forces in the three regions of South Sudan, is currently in South Africa, initially on medical grounds; however, his influence both in South Sudan and in Diaspora remain very strong.
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