{"id":11439,"date":"2023-01-04T04:40:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T04:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onecitizendaily.com\/?p=11439"},"modified":"2023-01-05T15:12:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T15:12:50","slug":"gatwech-deputy-military-spokesman-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/04\/gatwech-deputy-military-spokesman-resigns\/","title":{"rendered":"Gatwech’s deputy military spokesman resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By William Madouk Garang       <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The deputy military spokesman for the Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement\/Army in Opposition (SPLM\/A-IO) allied to Gen Simon Gatwech has resigned from the Kitgwang breakaway outfit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his resignation letter dated January 1, 2022, Lt-Col Jidiet Yak Dak resigned from his position as the deputy military spokesperson just five months after his appointment by Gatwech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want to officially tender my resignation immediately from the position of SPLA-IO deputy spokesperson,\u201d Dak said in his resignation letter posted on his Facebook timeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was a great pleasure to serve in the party as deputy military spokesperson and I want to thank your leadership and all my comrades for giving me such a great honour,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the former military spokesman did not specify the reasons why he abandoned the movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a separate resignation letter, a member of Kitgwang, Lt-Col Wichgoal Phar Chop tendered his resignation citing his personal concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI would like to appeal to you my dear comrade chairman and C-I-C to the structure as a whole, to allow me in peace to deactivate my activities in the SPLM\/A-IO KD,\u201d Chop said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not because something went wrong but I decided to tuck on my own affairs,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He further said that he spent nine years of struggle for public and betterment of South Sudan through what he termed as \u2018cheerful\u2019 vision of the SPLM-IO Kitgwang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response, the military spokesperson of Gatwech, Brig-Gen Alfred Gach Thot confirmed to have seen the letter by his deputy, adding that he did not \u2018consult\u2019 nor used proper process of tendering resignation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey did not hand their resignation letters in person instead posted on their Facebook timeline,\u201d Thot said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe SPLM\/A-IO KD wishes them a good luck to stay as good citizens or join any party of their choice,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brig-Gen Thot stated that Kitgwang considers it as a \u2018minor\u2019 issue and the movement will not be shaken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe SPLM\/A-IO KD considers their decisions as minor issue and the movement is still moving ahead with hundreds of thousands of its supporters across the country,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gatwech mouthpiece, Mr. Thot said they are not aware of what prompted them to resign but hinted that it could not be far from \u2018personal interest\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On August 20, 2022, Gatwech named Jidiet Yak as the group deputy spokesperson and promoted the military spokesman of Kitgwang Alfred Gach Thot from the rank of colonel to Brigadier-General.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On February 2, 2022, the press secretary of the leader of the SPLM\/A-IO faction of Kitgwang under Gatwech also resigned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Kalany Mamuon claimed that his decision to join the group was to guide them toward peace and that now after the group had signed the peace agreement it was time for him to contribute to the nation-building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is to inform my friends, colleagues and the general public that I have resigned as the press secretary of Gen. Simon Gatwech Dual, the leader of SPLM-IO Kitgwang,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter the generals deposed the leadership of SPLM-IO, I decided to support the Principle of the Kitgwang declaration\u201d \u2026Now that the peace is signed, I have decided to contribute towards our nation-building through a different platform since I am not a soldier but a civilian,\u201d Kalany added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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