The suspended SPLM Secretary-General, Pagan Amum, who currently facing treason charges –labeled against by the government has pleaded not guilty before the special court today.
Pagan Amum who testified in court today denied taking part in any plot to overthrow the government.
“I have no any connection with that group; if they’re those who wanted to stage a coup and overthrow the government, I am not part of them neither in the past, at the present nor will I have any connection with them in the future,” he said.
Mr. Amum, who is the second defendant of the four people accused by the government of attempted coup in December last year, was the second person to testify before the high court in Juba today.
Meanwhile, the lead defense lawyer, Kur Lual Kur, told Eye Radio after Pagan Amum’s testimony that he is confident they will win the case because the charges brought by the prosecutor against his clients are “weak”.
The Prosecutor General James Mayen was not available in the court today for comments.
This was the court hearing number 13.
The trial of the accused started on the 11th of March, and so far nine witnesses out of eleven have testified before the court.
The four defendants are the former Minister of National Security, Oyai Deng Ajak, the suspended Secretary-General of the SPLM, Pagan Amum, the former deputy Minister of Defense, Dr. Majak De Agoot, and the former head of Mission of the Government of South Sudan to the US, Ambassador Ezekiel Lol Gatkoth.
Salva Kiir tribal court will fail and these four nationalists will be freed bu
By all meams. We will prevail against genocide team led by Kiir and they face justice where ever they go. Struggle continues and victory is certain.
If the court is truly independent, I am confident the accused will win the case. There is just zero evidence to establish their connection as accomplices.
Fantastic!!
I probably suppose that this four political detainees sofar has no case to answer because first and foremost a public dimension of uttering grievance or press conference can not amount or to be term as a coup or anything in that relation besides if sincerely they were planning to making a coup how could they reveal it publicly which I think at first space was endangering their God given existence. I suggest that South Sudanese should stand by truth because supporting false on a context of tribal or greedy circumstance will ruin our process of building this Nation whoever commit a mistake should boldly told that we do not support wrong and by just supporting truth will put as on world map other than the current situation where some of our leaders believe fighting rebels and international community especially U.N will do us good but rather our reckless talking without analysis of version events has put Name of this Nation in wrong atlas however our leaders still have ability to confess and let the blood letting stop or else we are planting a dangerous seedlings that will bear a bitter fruit that all of us will ashy from getting one.
Aggrey Emmanuel
B.E Uganda Christian university (Mukono)
B.B.A SSCUST
The freedom come at lasts
To release them is the best solution for our government.Because there nothing bad they have done; just only because they are brilliant intellectuals and great South Sudanese politicians, is why the present government is trying to keep them away from the coming election of 2015. But, is the democracy that was claimed during the independent ceremony on the 9th July 2011?
Positive criticism meant sharpening the system and it doesn’t meant making coup. We must accept the reality and differentiate the intention to reform the system and overthrowing the leader. A leader who could not listen to positive criticism meant he is incapable to reasons or debate with his circle group. Reasoning and defending what you thought is right always make the people respect you and fear you not because you can kill them or jail them but respect you for your mental capability.