South Sudan’s SPLM party called on the international community and the country’s neighbors to avoid “intervention,” in the country, which came as diplomats are expected to discuss additional measures at the United Nations Security in the middle of October.
The statements continue criticism of foreign countries or the United Nations from senior SPLM or government officials.
“We are capable of being stable without interference,” said Bol Makueng, spokesperson for the SPLM party. “We have experienced destructive wars through interventions from many different countries from the Middle East and Africa, but South Sudan is now stable,”
Makueng called the peace agreement “successful” and said the country was stable. His statement followed the call of opposition leader Riek Machar to take up arms against the government, and comes as fighting has appeared in pockets of the country.
“Machar did the same thing in 1991. The result saw a big destruction of lives, relations were torn apart in communities, and hatred was planted,” Makueng said. His comments were significantly more critical and forward than a statement released by South Sudanese government officials yesterday.
The U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon is expected to give a report to the U.N. Security Council in early October that outlines progress on a mandated Regional Protection Force.