发言人：南苏丹马查尔已经“撤离”

South Sudan rebel leader and former first vice president in the Transitional Government of National Unity, Riek Machar, will break his silence Thursday, a spokesman for the SPLM-IO movement told VOA Daybreak Africa.

Machar has been in hiding since early July following clashes between his supporters and government troops in the capital, Juba.

President Salva Kiir then sacked Machar as first vice president and replaced him with Taban Deng Gai, who was backed by a breakaway faction of Machar’s SPLM-IO movement.

Mabior Garang de Mabior, chairman of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) National Committee for Information and Public Relations, told VOA that Machar has been “safely evacuated” to another country in East Africa and will hold a news conference. He said Machar’s whereabouts remain secret because the “enemies of peace” are still pursuing Machar, tracking his every move and phone communication.

The government has denied previous allegations that it has tried to assassinate Machar.

马查尔的支持者和政府军在首都朱巴发生冲突后，马查尔自7月初以来一直在藏匿之中。

南苏丹总统萨尔瓦·基尔随即解除了马查尔第一副总统的职务，并任命塔班·登格·盖声接替。登格·盖本人得到了马查尔领导的南苏丹人民解放运动一个分离派系的支持。

苏丹人民解放运动全国信息和公共关系委员会负责人马比奥·加朗·马比奥告诉美国之音，马查尔已经“安全撤离”到另外一个东非国家，并将在那里举行新闻发布会。他说，马查尔的下落是保密的，因为“和平的敌人”仍在追捕他，并跟踪他的一举一动以及电话通讯。

政府否认了之前有关试图暗杀马查尔的指控。