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STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / RIEK MACHAR
TRT: 3.10
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ NATS
DATELINE: JULY 27, 2013, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
JULY 07, 2013, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
1. Wide shot, Former Vice President Riek Machar arriving and greeting journalists
2. Med shot, Rick Machar seated
3. Wide shot, Journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Riek Machar, Former Vice President, South Sudan:
“I want the nation to be calm. I want no misunderstanding of it. I want no violence to happen, however, many people who have been coming to me since our meeting in J1 May the 5th, I have been telling them you should expect a reshuffle therefore we should be calm about it. Therefore I want to call on the nation to be calm. This is a constitutional mandate for the president to remove a vice president.”
5. Cutaway, journalist
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Riek Machar, Former Vice President, South Sudan:
“We still have two pending issues with Khartoum, Abyei and the borders. If our expertise is needed to be called in we will help with such. This is our country. We want it stable we want it to be peaceful with all its neighbors.”
7. Cutaway, Riek Machar speaking to journalists
8. Cutaway, government Secretary General Abdul Agau Jok
9. SOUNDBITE (English) General Abdul Agau Jok, Government Secretary, South Sudan:
“The president is now working on forming the new cabinet. I cannot tell you the exact date on which he will complete this at least I can use the word very soon, very soon. Very soon may be towards the end of this week or this weekend or early next week. It is in the hands of the president. He is probably consulting – making wide consultations among the leadership of SPLM and other political parties that have been collaborating with the SPLM in the leadership of South Sudan since the interim period up to now.”
10. Wide shot, journalists
South Sudan’s former vice president Riek Machar has called for calm following his dismissal from government.
Speaking to the media at his house in Juba, on Friday 26th July, he also said he was ready to offer his expertise if called upon to help resolve various issues the country has been facing including negotiations on a continued oil flow with the country’s former foe, Sudan.
On July 23, President Salva Kiir issued a presidential decree removing his vice president, 29 national ministers and their deputies from office with immediate effect.
A decree was also issued suspending the Secretary General of the SPLM party who is also the lead negotiator of talks between Sudan and South Sudan, Pagan Amum. Since their removal, there has not been any public response from Riek Machar or Pagan Amum.
Riek Machar remains the deputy chairperson of the SPLM.
As you earlier listened to former vice president calling for calm and asking the army not to get involved with the political change, he also asked President Kiir to make a quick replacement to fill in the vacant positions to prevent a vacuum in the state.
Speaking at a separate press conference government Secretary General Abdul Agau Jok said President Salva Kiir is likely to announce a new cabinet soon. The Secretary General of Government said the president is consulting in order to achieve gender equity, a balanced representation, a quality and efficient new cabinet.
The new cabinet will be composed of 19 ministers
