Juba, South Sudan
August 17,2021—The Red Army Foundation Condemns the latest attempt by elements in the SPLM Secretariat to further divide and completely destroy the SPLM/A Red Army.
We regret to inform the Red Army and the people of South Sudan that today, 17th August 2021, the Secretariat for Political Affairs and Mobilization mobilized some disgruntle members, some already suspended from the foundation to stage a coup against the Chairman of the Red Army Foundation.
In a well-planned and coordinated attack to continue the divide and rule tactic started in 2019, the SPLM Secretariat enlisted the support of the SPLM Youth League and South Sudan National Youth Union to hold a joint Press Conference with the purpose to spread malice rumors and propaganda to sway public opinion.
According to the members who were solicited and mobilized, they were offered money to hold a meeting purposely to 1) Announce that the Chairman, Deng Bol Aruai Bol has rebelled against the Government of South Sudan, 2) link him with People’s Coalition for Civil Action (PCCA), frame him that he has ran away with money, 3) announce that the Press Statement he released is his own opinion, 4) pass a resolution that he has been relieved, 5) select an install a new Chairman of the Red Army Foundation.
The SPLM National Secretariat has finally exposed itself today and has been caught red-handed with the group that they created in 2019. It’s important to note that since inception in 2012, the Red Army Foundation has never had any internal or external problem until the Chairman of the Red Army Foundation and Chairman of the SPLM Red Army League challenged the leadership of the SPLM for not meeting the aspirations of the South Sudanese people.
The Red Army Position Paper on the state of affairs of the SPLM was presented during the SPLM Leadership Retreat in Lobonok and was embraced by the senior members of the SPLM but wasn’t taken lightly by the SPLM
National Secretariat. The SPLM National Secretariat from 2019 had a designed a policy to get rid of the Chairman saying “If you remove Deng, the Red Army would die naturally” and immediately started funding the group. Their rigorous attempts have been resisted by the Red Army, Government and Security Leaderships. It’s the same group that is now activated to further the same plot. Had it not been because of the orders given to the SPLM Secretariat today by the top leadership, the situation between the Red Army and the SPLM National Secretariat would have spanned out of control.
We call on all the Red Army to resist being mobilized and set against yourself and if given money, we advise that you take it because it’s your money that they have denied you after liberating the country for them. Don’t betray the cause of liberation, remember your martyred brothers and sisters, our gallant comrades.
We call upon the leadership of the SPLM National Secretariat to stop provoking the Red Army further and concentrate on preparing to receive the demands of the Red Army that will ensure that the SPLM we fought for is revitalized and operationalized to the state it can meet the challenges our country is currently facing.
Finally, the leadership of the Red Army calls on the Chairman of the SPLM Cde Salva Kiir Mayardit to intervene and stop the enemies of the Red Army from further destroying the fabric of the party.
Patriotically yours,
Deng Bol Aruai Bol
Chairman,
Red Army Foundation
Juba, South Sudan
