South Sudan president appoints crisis management committee

January 10, 2014 (RUMBEK) – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir issued a decree on Thursday re-structuring his 27-member Crisis Management Committee (CMC), which is tasked with assessing the political, social, economic, security and diplomatic of conlfict which began on December 15.

Kiir’s government accuses the former Vice President Riek Machar of staging an attempted coup. Machar denies but is now leading a rebellion, which has spread to Unity and Jonglei state.

Machar and the rest of the cabinet was sacked by Kiir in July. Many leaders of the ruling SPLM have accused Kiir of using the current crisis to try and silence his increasingly vocal critics.

President Kiir has appointed Machar’s replacement James Wani Igga as the Chairman of the committee with the national parliament’s former deputy speaker Daniel Awet Akot.

The decree also appointed Kiir’s presidential advisor for legal affairs Telar Ring Deng as well as the chairman of SPLM youth league Akol Paul Kordit.

The group will provide daily updates to the SPLM leadership.

The committee is tasked with provide strategies for mitigating the consequences of the conflict and formulate an awareness raising strategy, targeting the population, region and international community about the government’s version of events.

Below is the full list of the committee members:

1. James Wani Igga, South Sudan Vice President, Chairman of CMC
2. Daniel Awet Akot, Deputy Chairman of CMC
3. Telar Ring Deng, Presidential Advisor on Legal Affair
4. Tut Gatluak eniem, Advisor, Office of the President
5. Dr. Martin Elia Lomuro, Minister of Cabinet Affairs
6. Kuol Manyang Juuk, minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs
7. Paulino Wanawilla Onango, minister of Justice
8. Barnaba Marial Benjamin, minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
9. Awan Guol Riak, minister, Office of the President
10. Obuto Mamur Mete, minister in the Office of the President for National Security Services
11. Aleu Ayieny Aleu, minist of Interior and Wildlife Conservation
12. Aggrey Tisa Sabuni, minister of Finance Commerce, Industry and Economic Planning
13. Dr. Riek Gai Kok, minister of Health
14. Michael Makuei Lueth, minister of Information and Broadcasting
15. Awut Deng Acuil, minister of Gender, Child, Social Welfare and Humanitarian Affairs
16. Stephen Dhieu Dau, minister of Petroleum and mining
17. Prof. Samson Wassara, Lecturer, Juba University
18. Maj-Gen Thomas Duoth Guet, Director General, General Intelligence Bureau
19. Maj-Gen Akol Koor Kuc, Director General, Internal Security Bureau
20. Dr. Lual Acuek Lual, member of NLA
21. Prof. Lokulenge Lole, member of the SPLM Liberation Council
22. Stephen Wondu, Auditor General, RSS
23. Tulio Odong, Government Chief Whip NLA
24. Martin Majut Yak, SPLM secretariat
25. James Kok Ruea
26. Machok Majong Jong
27. Akol Paul Kordit

(ST)