S. Sudan parties competing for majority power percentages in peace talks - Article <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article55978#tabs-1> - Comments (3) <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article55978#tabs-2>
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[image: JPEG - 18.3 kb]*South Sudan’s rival forces resumed peace talks on 6 August, as international pressure mounts ahead of an August 17 deadline to strike a deal to end 19 months of civil war. (Photo AFP)* “The negotiations have started. The two sides have gone into the real and tough engagement now. They all want to reach the peace agreement this time because both of them have challenges which they are trying to escape if they sign a peace [agreement],” leading member of the civil society alliance participating in the talks told *Sudan Tribune* on Sunday from the venue of the talks in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia . The government, according to the activist, was keen to sign a peace deal which would not undermine the executive powers of the president and avoid demilitarization of the national capital, Juba, as well as the proposition of the two armies under separate command from the president as the commander in chief, whether during pre-interim period or during interim period. He said the government was however willing to make compromise on the power percentage in the oil-rich Upper Nile region. “From what I see, the government could sign the peace because it is already seen by some people in the country and also some western powers as an illegitimate government because it has no mandate from the people,” he said. The life of the current government, the civil society activist said, was extended by the national legislature whose period had also elapsed, adding that from the legal and constitutional point of view, it was not right that another legally challengeable institution extended the term of another legally challengeable institution. “The term of the assembly had expired, so was the term of the office of the president,” he explained. This, he said, was one of the factors which would persuade the government to sign the peace so as to get new mandate through a peace agreement that will allow the conduct of new elections after the end of the transitional period. Another factor, he added, was the international threat of government with the sanctions. On the side of the rebels, he pointed, the issue of sanctions and the latest reports of sharp division within the leadership would force them to make some compromise and accept peace deal. The activist explained that both the government and armed opposition representatives demanded bigger percentages of power in a transitional government than what the mediating team had offered. He said the government proposed to be given 70% of power sharing in the proposed transitional government and proposed only 20% to be given to the rebels and 10% to other political parties. “Interestingly, they did not include a percentage to the former detainees. I think it is because they consider them as part of the government since they have returned to Juba,” said the activist. Also, the rebel representatives in the talks have asked for 70% of power sharing in the government of national unity. They gave the government 20% and the remaining 10% to other political parties. They also did not mention former detainees in their proposal. The proposals presented by the two main warring parties, he said, were not compatible to or in an agreement with the proposal of the regional mediating team which proposed different power percentages to both parties to the conflict. After the last round of peace talks for South Sudan failed back in March, IGAD mediation drafted a compromise agreement that proposed that the government should have 53% of ministerial portfolios in a transitional government, the SPLM-IO should have 33%, and former detainees, majority of whom have returned to the country, with other political parties share 14%. *Sudan Tribune* was unable to independently verify the credibility of the information, as none of the members of the delegation of the two parties was able to provide official comments on their presentations on power sharing percentages. Several of their representatives however confirmed each had presented a proposal seeking majority representation in the proposed government of national unity, saying these proposals were subject for revision. (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?article55978#forum> - 9 August 23:15, by Shadrack Nuer Machut Jumping to reporting by a journalist! Why to hurry with your one man conversation plus dominant sided narrative views of a single activist? Lack of ethics or.... repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=55978&id_forum=337193> - 9 August 23:44, by Ito I think it is better to divide 45/45 and the rest goes to other political parties. Government is no longer legitimate and therefore cannot have special advantage in the power sharing, they should negotiate as parties and not as government and rebels because there is no government anymore. For them to get legitimacy it has to sign peace and compromise because Salva can no longer decide repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=55978&id_forum=337195> - 9 August 23:17, by Shadrack Nuer Machut Jumping to reporting by a journalist! Why to hurry with your one man conversation plus dominant sided narrative views of a single activist? 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