A leading member of South Sudan’s ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) called for the international community to place further sanctions on individuals responsible for rights abuses and delaying a solution to the country’s conflict.
Rebecca Nyandeng, welcoming recent US sanctions placed on political actors, speaking to Voice of America, said,
Deeming widespread criticism of sanctions by South Sudanese officials as irrelevant, Nyandeng, said,
US authorises property sanctions on actors in South Sudan conflict (05 April 2014)
Rebecca Nyandeng, welcoming recent US sanctions placed on political actors, speaking to Voice of America, said,
“Individual sanctions are very important, because the government is doing what they wish. If there is no pressure they can be stubborn at the talks in Addis Ababa. But if there is international pressure, I think they would listen.”
Deeming widespread criticism of sanctions by South Sudanese officials as irrelevant, Nyandeng, said,
“They always criticise anybody who tells them that what they are doing is wrong. They criticised the UN and the representative of the UN Secretary General. They don’t want to hear anybody telling them that they are making a mistake.”See related article:
US authorises property sanctions on actors in South Sudan conflict (05 April 2014)