Juba cautiously welcomes IGAD’s power sharing agreement
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June 12, 2015 (JUBA) – South Sudanese president, Salva Kiir, is
consulting members of his ruling party (SPLM), opposition groups
allied to the government and other stakeholders before responding to
the peace proposal drafted by mediators, his office said.
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South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir, and rebel leader Riek Machar
signed a peace deal in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on 9 May
2014 aimed at resolving conflict in the country peacefully (Photo:
Reuters)
However, Ateny Wek Ateny, President Kiir’s spokesman told reporters on
that draft power sharing developed by regional bloc, the
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) exceeded its
limitations on mediations.
“Because it [the proposal] when into an area that was not expected
especially on giving the power sharing in three states of Upper Nile,
Unity and Jonglei,” said Ateny, referring to the clause that hand
South Sudanese rebels of the three states affected the war.
The proposal gives President Kiir’s government 53% at national level,
33% to former vice president, Riek Machar and 14% shared between
former detainees and other political parties. In Jonglei, Unity and
Upper Nile states where the rebellion is active, Machar takes 53%,
government with 33% and 14% to other parties and former detainees," he
said Friday.
The latest attempt, known as IGAD plus when other five African
countries are included as well the Trioka countries (United States,
Norway and United Kingdom), the European Union and China, held a
consultative meeting early this week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Government negotiators, led Nhial Deng Nhial, returned to Juba on
Thursday and went into closed doors with President Kiir and members of
his government.
“And so, when the president looks into the document he calls
extraordinary joint meeting of the political bureau, the secretariat
of the SPLM and other members of political parties plus members of the
cabinet," Ateny said, but did not elaborate further on the matter.
"They came yesterday, consulted and they have made some deliberations
that are going to be made public in the next few days to come,” added
the presidency spokesman.
IGAD is yet to officially announce when the South Sudanese peace talks
would resume.
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13 June 13:29, by Mi diit
Can someone try to explain clearly what Ateny Wek was trying to say?
He accused IGAD of going beyond its limitations by giving 53% to
Riek Machar’s SPLM-IO in Upper Nile region but did not condemn the
fact that the same IGAD gave Salva Kiir 100% in Bahr el Ghazal and
Equatoria regions.
Or does giving to Kiir mean within IGAD limitations?
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