A group within the South Sudan umbrella political group, the South Sudan Opposition Alliance, is going through a power struggle. The chairperson of South Sudan Patriotic Movement and his deputy are struggling to maintain their positions amid intraparty power struggles. Costello Garang who heads the South Sudan Patriotic Movement dismissed Hussein Abdelbagi, South Sudan’s vice president who is at the presidency on South Sudan Patriotic Movement’s ticket. Garang tell VOA's John Tanza he is the legal leader of SSPM.