Adut Salva Kiir Mayardit · LEAD
The Reluctant Ballot, Part Two: Why Salva Kiir Allowed December and Why It’s Eating Him Alive
He arrested his rival, gutted the peace deal that kept the guns silent, restocked the army and secret police with loyalists and his own son and only then agreed to let South Sudanese vote. This is not the story of a man discovering democracy. It is the story of a man locking in a coup by other means, and dreading the one thing he cannot fully control: the ballot itself.