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[image: JPEG - 13 kb]*South Sudan’s rebel leader, Riek Machar (R), and president Salva Kiir (L) join hands in prayer before signing an earlier peace agreement in the Ethiopian capita, Addis Ababa, on 9 May 2014 (photo: Reuters)* Speaking at the opening of an annual Catholic Bishops’ conference in Juba on Tuesday, Paulino Lukudu Loro, Catholic Archbishop of Juba, said the current consultations ongoing at rebels and governments camps should result to a peace deal later this month. “Our position [as South Sudan bishops] is simply this; that if this document, this position is not signed then it means we are just going on pouring blood, killing, robbing, dying, displaced, refugees and so on,” said Loro, speaking at the two-day conference in Juba. “[If the peace is not signed] that means fighting is simply going on because there is no way out that will stop the fighting,” he said. Archbishop Loro described the IGAD-Plus peace proposal as “not perfect” but better than dragging on with the war. IGAD-Plus peace proposal gives president Salva Kiir’s government 53% executive at the national level and opposition leader Riek Machar 33%. Former detainees and other political parties equally share 14%. The rebels will control 53% of executives in Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nile states and the government will have 33% while former detainees and other political parties take 7% each. President Kiir has however indicated that he will not sign the document in its current form. But Bishop Loro said there must be compromise from the warring parties. “There are many points which are not good, which are not correct, which are not right which must be put in order. But we are stressing that at the end of it, we should not just end up in disarray. We must end up for with the signing of peace for South Sudan,” he said. Negotiations are due to resume in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The government negotiators left Juba for Addis Ababa on Wednesday and have to deliberate on the document till mid-August when the two principals are expected to sign a final agreement. (ST) Comments on the Sudan Tribune website must abide by the following rules. Contravention of these rules will lead to the user losing their Sudan Tribune account with immediate effect. - No inciting violence - No inappropriate or offensive language - No racism, tribalism or sectarianism - No inappropriate or derogatory remarks - No deviation from the topic of the article - No advertising, spamming or links - No incomprehensible comments Due to the unprecedented amount of racist and offensive language on the site, Sudan Tribune tries to vet all comments on the site. There is now also a limit of 400 words per comment. If you want to express yourself in more detail than this allows, please e-mail your comment as an article to [email protected] Kind regards, The Sudan Tribune editorial team. <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article55937#forum> 5 August 23:57, by Akol Liai Mager Even your Churches in Greater Upper Nile will be run by tribal rebel’s Generals should that damn proposal get imposed on the people of South Sudan. What will EGAD give to those on the government side if they take up arms in protest of the handing over of Greater Upper Nile to a portion of one tribe? 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