Under UN sanctions South Sudan Government Spokesman and Information minister Michael Makuei. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
The South Sudan government has protested the blacklisting of its
three ministers by the UN Security Council (UNSC) over claims of
fuelling violence.
In a letter to UNSC on Thursday,
Juba decried the enlisting of its Defence minister Gen Kuol Manyang
Juuk, Dr Elia Lomoro of Cabinet Affairs and Mr Michael Makuei of
Information, saying the sanctions against them, would undermine the
peace in the war-torn state.
The sanctions against the trio were spearheaded by the US, which Juba accuses of seeking a regime change.
“It is clear the US is seeking a regime change in South Sudan.
The success
“This
is now the fourth time the US has intervened to undermine the success
of the revitalisation forum and the entire peace process in South Sudan.
In December 2017, the US released a totally unwarranted press statement
hurling sanctions threat mainly aimed at government ministers and
arrogantly declaring the leadership of Juba an 'unfit partner'," the
letter reads.
It also accused the leaders of the UN Mission in South Sudan
(UNMISS), the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
(UNOCHA) and the Ceasefire Transitional Security Arrangements Mechanism
and Monitoring (CTSAMM) and the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation
Commission of giving false reports on South Sudan to the US and UNSC.
Military support
“It
is very important to make the point here that the US sanctions proposal
will have a major challenge to the operations of CTSAMM, JMEC, UNMISS,
UNOCHA and the related humanitarian agencies because the three
blacklisted ministers were directly responsible for their work in South
Sudan,” the further reads.
Juba has also accused
leading rebel commander Thomas Cirilo of feeding the US with false
report of the government providing military support to the Sudanese
rebel groups to attack Pagak in the Upper Nile State recently.
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