South Sudanese president directs frank consultations with rebels
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June 9, 2015 (JUBA) - South Sudanese president Salva Kiir has directed
government representatives at the preparatory consultative meeting
with armed opposition representatives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to
engage in frank discussions to remove obstacles when the next round of
peace talks resume.
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Negotiators at South Sudan peace talks in the Ethiopian capital, Addis
Ababa, review a draft cessation of hostilities agreement on 13 January
2014 (Photo courtesy of Larco Lomayat)
The three opposition factions including representatives of the
government and armed opposition faction of the Sudan Peoples’
Liberation Movement (SPLM-IO) as well as former detainees have been
consulting in Addis Ababa for the last two days under the auspices of
the East African regional bloc, the Intergovernmental Authority on
Development (IGAD).
The joint consultations were meant to set an agenda for the next round
of talks as well as fix a date for the resumption of negotiations.
President Kiir, according to the lead negotiator of the government,
Nhial Deng Nhial, has expressed commitment to bring peace to the
country and urged opposition leadership and the other stakeholders
invited by IGAD to the consultation to realise that it was time for
people to unite instead of pulling down the country for “self-serving
purposes.”
“The president has given us a go ahead to engage the SPLM-IO and the
other stakeholders in frank and honest consultations so that we set
the agenda of negotiations”, Nhial told Sudan Tribune on Tuesday.
Nhial said consultations have started and hoped to come out with the
consensus on the way forward.
South Sudanese armed opposition leader’s spokesman, James Gatdet Dak,
also said the rebel leadership was always committed to the peace
process and hoped the government would this time realise that military
solution was “too unrealistic” to be achieved, adding it was therefore
time to resort to serious and frank negotiations on critical issues.
“We are always serious and clear about issues that the country should
tackle in order to achieve good governance and sustainable peace and
development,” Dak told Sudan Tribune on Tuesday.
“Our chairman and commander-in-chief, Dr. Riek Machar Teny-Dhurgon,
has already left his headquarters in South Sudan and moved to the
venue in Addis Ababa in show of the serious commitment to the peace
process,” he said.
He however expressed doubt over government’s seriousness to negotiate
in good faith, saying it was executing “full scale offensive” on
positions held by the rebels in violation of the cessation of
hostilities agreement the two sides signed since 23 January 2014.
Dak also challenged IGAD to ensure its mediated ceasefire agreement
was implemented by reigning on Uganda to withdraw from South Sudan its
troops per the agreement. Uganda, he said, is an IGAD member state
which forces have directly interfered and taken side in the war by
supporting president Kiir’s government.
Ugandan troops have been deployed in Central Equatoria and Jonglei
states to help defend the national capital, Juba and Jonglei state’s
capital, Bor, while allegedly providing air cover for government
troops in other states in the country.
Rebels said this was affecting the implementation of the cessation of
hostilities agreement and encouraging the government to continue with
the war.
Talks collapsed on 6 March when the two factional principal leaders
could not agree on almost all the outstanding issues on governance,
security arrangements, leadership structure, power sharing, reforms
and accountability and reconciliation.
IGAD has been developing a new mediation mechanism that will include
representatives of member states of the African Union (AU), Troika
countries (United States, United Kingdom and Norway), China, European
Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN).
A date for resumption of the next round of talks is expected to be
announced after concluding the ongoing consultations in Addis Ababa.
(ST)
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10 June 07:42, by Eastern
So the previous IGAD led process was mearly peace jokes, oh God
have mercy on South Sudanese!
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10 June 08:00, by Lotodo Awino Odug
SPLA/SPLM is doing pretty good,by first beating and driving
militias to the last destination,now is the right time to bring the
crusty bread crumbs to the table,we really want to know how long they
are going to reject this enticing, sugary crumbs.[crumbs is two
positions for the entire rebellions]
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10 June 08:39, by Eastern
Lotodo,
Your sweet crumbs would rejected.
Yau Yau is a living example of taking up offers that come
easily from SPLA. It’s going to be another protracted peace jokes or
if they become serious, peace talks.
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10 June 08:50, by Mr Point
Kiir started the pointless civil war with the massacre of hundreds
of civilians in Juba on December 15 2013.
Now he says he wants to remove obstacles to the peace process.
The chief obstacles to peace are he and his immediate circle. He
should go and go quickly.
He has done untold damage to the people, reputation and economy of
South Sudan. He has betrayed SPLM principles many many times.
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