By Manas James Okony<\/p>\n
James Bol Makuey, the commissioner of Nyirol County in Jonglei State, has asserted his commitment to fulfilling his duties despite facing threats from the Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement (SPLM-IO) amid escalating political tensions.<\/p>\n
The 2018 Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS) facilitates power-sharing arrangements among President Salva Kiir\u2019s SPLM, Riek Machar\u2019s SPLM-IO, and other political factions.
\nAs part of this agreement, Nyirol\u2014a county predominantly controlled by SPLM-IO\u2014has been designated to Kiir\u2019s SPLM.<\/p>\n
The security situation in various parts of South Sudan remains fragile, with the delicate peace established by the 2018 Revitalized Peace Agreement hanging by a thread. In recent weeks, uneasy calm has settled over some areas, with violent clashes between the South Sudan People\u2019s Defense Forces (SSPDF) and the White Army, a militia group based in the Upper Nile region.<\/p>\n
The White Army has been accused by the government of having ties to Machar’s SPLM-IO, and it has been central to recent confrontations that have caused significant loss of life and increased instability.<\/p>\n
Recent violence in Upper Nile State, particularly in Nasir, has been deadly, resulting in casualties including a senior SSPDF commander and a staff member of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
\nIn an interview with No. Citizen Daily Newspaper, Commissioner James Bol Makuey refuted reports of his arrest and claims that he had been ordered to vacate his position.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn Thursday morning, some SPLM-IO forces came to my residence and informed me that the agreement had collapsed,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
\u201cI requested clarification, but none was provided, so the opposition forces eventually left.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bol affirmed his status as the commissioner, saying, \u201cI am a son of this area. My grandfather was a prominent chief known throughout the entire Lou community, so I cannot yield to any pressure to abandon the county.\u201d<\/p>\n
When reached for comment, Michael Bol, the state SPLM-IO secretary-general, stated that he had yet to gather details on the situation.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have not been briefed on these political developments in Nyirol County,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Manas James Okony James Bol Makuey, the commissioner of Nyirol County in Jonglei State, has asserted his commitment to fulfilling his duties despite facing threats from the Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement (SPLM-IO) amid escalating political tensions. The 2018 Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS)[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jonglei-state","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34340"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34342,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34340\/revisions\/34342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}