South Sudan President Salva Kiir last week granted Red Belt Group Leader Leek Mamer Leek and 17 members of the outfit executive clemency and amnesty. In October last year, SSPDF Chief Gen. Paul Nang warned that the Red Belt Group poses a major threat to national security and vowed to dismantle the group as joint security forces intensified operations to seize illegal weapons across the country. Gen. Nang insisted that Red Belt is not a community organization, as some have claimed, but “an armed group that must be dealt with decisively.”President Kiir’s letter of clemency and amnesty, as seen by Radio Tamazuj dated 21 January, said that whereas the group known as the Red Belt Group has engaged in activities detrimental to the stability of the state, the president grants executive clemency and amnesty. For all other members, affiliates, and combatants of the Red Belt Group not listed above, the following orders are issued:a) Immediate Cessation: All hostile activities and recruitment must cease immediately. b) Mandatory Surrender: A period of twenty-one (21) days is hereby granted for all remaining members to surrender to the nearest designated military or police outpost.