The leader of the National Movement for Change (NMC), Bangasi Joseph Bakosoro, has defected to President Salva Kiir’s ruling party, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM).
Mr Bakosoro (pictured) who was the Minister of Public Service and Human Resource Development in the Revitalised Transitional Government of National Unity(R-TGoNU), on the SSOA ticket, announced his decision on Thursday in Juba.
Before forming his party in 2017, Mr Bakosoro had ruled Western Equatoria State as a governor for nearly seven years where he was a fierce critic of President Salva Kiir’s government.
His defection could spell an end to his term as a cabinet minister owing to the requirements of the power-sharing arrangement.