Rebecca Garang de Mabior, the widow of SPLM founder John Garang, rejected calls that South Sudan should go under international trusteeship if the warring parties do not make peace, while calling on President Salva Kiir to step down.

In an interview with Radio Tamazuj on Wednesday, Rebecca Garang, who is on a visit to the United States of America, rejected the allegations that she has been leading a campaign for an international intervention in South Sudan.

According to Rebecca, the international intervention in South Sudan if implemented, citizens will live like slaves in their own country. “I want the people of South Sudan to listen to me, I am Mama Rebecca, I don’t call for international trusteeship, the international trusteeship will make us live like slaves once again,” she said.

Rebecca called on President Kiir to step down and give the people of South Sudan a chance to elect a new leader who will bring about peace and stability in the country.

The widow of SPLM founder urged the international community and regional partners to bring peace to the people of South Sudan and put pressure on President Kiir to step down.

Pagan Amum, former Secretary General of the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), has been lobbying for international trusteeship to be imposed on South Sudan as the only way to restore peace and stability in the world’s youngest nation.

Photo: Rebecca Garang de Mabior/Nairobi Wire