Sep 27, 2021 — Having learned from past mistakes and recent history of violence, the former deputy minister of interior and former national chairperson for SPLM/A-IO’s information and public relations, Capt. Mabior Garang de Mabior, who recently defected to Kitgwang Faction, denounces use of violence to achieve political and military objectives.
Mabior, who has been vocal about security arrangements, calls on general public to understand that Kitgwang is opposed to war. Instead the battle-hardened military generals of the SPLM/A-IO, who are rooting to unseat the First Vice President, are calling on Kiir’s regime to prepare for negotiation, not war.
“It is important for us to learn from the mistakes of history so that we do not repeat them. The Kit Gwang Declaration shall use the negotiated settlement as an instrument of peace and the negotiating position of the Kit Gwang Declaration is security arrangements. We are categorically opposed to war.” Capt. mABIOR said
In foot steps of his late father, Mabior believes that negotiated settlement is more effective than armed struggle and therefore the Kitgwang military uprising has chosen negotiated settlement as opposed to war.
“We have chosen to use the negotiated settlement as a tool of struggle. The late Dr. John Garang taught us an equation about struggle.” Mabior continued.
“The struggle, he said, is a function of four (4) variables. S=(AS+PU+IDP+NS). That is; Armed Struggle (AS), the Popular Uprising (PU), International Diplomatic Pressure (IDP) and the Negotiated Settlement (NS). The independence of our country was ultimately reached through the negotiated settlement.” He continued.
Mabior went further to condemn popular uprising and military struggle saying the two are costly as witnessed in 2013 and 2016.
“In light of the level of political awareness of our civil population, the popular uprising and the armed struggle are equally costly – 2013 and 2016 stand as painful reminders. It is only the negotiated settlement that can ensure a just and honorable peace for our civil population.” Mabior said.
The SPLM/A-IO Kitgwang mouthpiece believes that it’s time for South Sudanese people to nucleate into one people but that should come naturally without being imposed on people.
“The Republic of South Sudan belongs to all the nationalities which inhabit it and we share a common history and destiny.” Cpt Mabior said.
“This is the time for our peoples to nucleate into one people – one nation out of the many nationalities. This must be a voluntary unity based on facts and not imagination.” He continued.
Mabior calls for a national conversation to restore hopes and dignity of the South Sudanese people and further denounce the use of guns to shed more blood.
“It needs a national conversation for the restoration of our dignity. The use of the armed struggle as a tool will only create more blood feuds among our communities, leading to divisions to the point there will be no South Sudan in the end.” He said.
