EES Tells IGAD To Reverse Its Proposal Eastern Equatoria State, has reject the latest Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) proposal on South Sudan to end the conflict in the country. 04 August 2015
By Peter Lokale Nakimangole *TORIT, 04 August 2015 [Gurtong] –* “Our stand is clear. We need peace. But the peace we need is not what IGAD and UN are working for. They are biased,” said the State government Spokesperson, Hon. Mark Akio Ukinbul. He said that the IGAD proposal has no basis and it was only propagated by the rebels and that his Statewill not accept the proposal. The State officials have accused the IGAD's leadership for being biased and warned that the proposal is a recipe for another prolonged conflict in the country. Meanwhile, other States and the national Government have launched protests, rejecting the IGAD's proposal. Under the IGAD's new deal, during a 30-Month Transitional period, President Kiir shall remain the President while the rebels will choose a candidate to fill the newly created position of first Vice President. Parliament would be expanded from 332 members to 400. Riek Machar’s group will get 50 percent of the additional Parliamentary seats, with the country’s other political parties and the SPLM-FD getting 17 and 1 percent respectively, according to the IGAD proposal. It further proposes that within 18 months of the transitional period, the Rebel forces shall be reintegrated eventually with those of the government. The deal proposes that Juba will be demilitarized within 90 days of the agreement in order to create conducive conditions for the formation of the transitional government of national unity. The government and rebels are currently on short holidays consulting their respective constituencies in Juba and Pagak respectively until 6 August when both are expected to return to Ethiopia's Addis Ababa for a final peace deal which is expected to be signed by 17 August 2015. But president Kiir has vowed not to sign any deal that gives the opposition three States of Upper Nile, Unity and Jonglei where the conflict is concentrated around the oilfields. Posted in: Home <http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/1/Home.aspx> -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oqJbUCLBhEF_fGxy7MvqcN9PR6_ajKeV6nedZz%3DMjs-PA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
