Dec. 20 (EUROPA PRESS) –
A court in South Sudan has sentenced a self-proclaimed prophet to more than two years in prison for “insulting” the president, Salva Kiir, and for “interfering in the politics” of the African country after announcing in 2021 a “prophecy” that It suggested that the president and his vice president, Riek Machar, would leave office.
Judge Samia Mohamed has indicated that the defendant, Abraham Chol, is guilty of insulting the president and has also ordered that he must pay a fine of 500,000 South Sudanese pounds (about 800 euros), according to the Eye Radio station.
Chol was arrested in July 2021 after claiming that Kiir and Machar would be ousted before Independence Day, which falls on July 9, leading to a charge of “subversion” and inciting security forces to oppose him. to the authorities.
He was also accused of making false statements that prejudice the country and undermining the president’s authority, although several of the charges have been dropped during the judicial process.
South Sudan Police spokesman Daniel Justin had to come to grips with speculation in September about Chol’s possible death in custody and stressed that the authorities were working to determine who is behind this information.
South Sudan has a unity government that came into being after the 2018 peace agreement materialized, which meant that the until then rebel leader Riek Machar once again held the post of first vice president of the African country.
Despite the decrease in violence due to the political conflict, the country has registered an increase in inter-community confrontations, mainly motivated by the theft of cattle and disputes between herders and farmers in the most fertile areas of the country, especially due to the increase in desertification and displacement of populations.
