African Union calls on new South Sudan FVP to step down
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President Salva Kiir (C) poses for a photograph with FVP Taban Deng
Gai (L) and Second VP James Wani Igga (R) at the Presidential Palace
in the capital of Juba, July 26, 2016. (Photo Reuters/Jok Solomun)
August 11, 2016 (ADDIS ABABA) – The Peace and Security Council (PSC)
of the African Union (AU) has echoed the call by IGAD for the newly
appointed First Vice President of South Sudan, Taban Deng Gai, to step
down so that Riek Machar, who held the position per the August 2015
until 24 July, be reinstated upon his return to the national capital,
Juba.
The resolution passed at the 616th meeting of the AU’s PSC in Addis
Ababa on Thursday also called for deployment of a third party
protection force in Juba to take charge for the security in the
capital.
It encourages both Machar to return to the peace process and for Gai
to step down as he had assured the IGAD heads of state and government
of doing.
“The decision encouraging Dr. Riek Machar to re-join the peace process
and the commitment by General Taban Deng Gai to step down upon the
return of Dr Machar with a view to returning to the status quo ante in
line with the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the
Republic of South Sudan (ARCSS),” partly reads the communiqué.
The PSC also recalled its previous communiqués and press statements on
the situation in South Sudan, in particular, Communiqué
[PSC/PR/1(DCXII)] adopted at its 611th meeting held on 11 July 2016,
in Kigali, Rwanda, as well as the decision of the 27th Ordinary
Session of the Assembly of the Union on the situation in South Sudan
also held in Kigali, Rwanda on 18 July 2016.
The AU body expressed concern over the ongoing fighting around Juba
and in other parts of the country which sparked on 7 July when rival
soldiers fought on Gudele road followed by the palace clashes on 8
July.
“Once again, expresses serious concern over the outbreak of fighting
that took place on 7 July 2016 in Juba, resulting in loss of lives,
dire humanitarian crisis and other tragic consequences on civilians
and strongly condemns human rights violations, including sexual
violence against women and girls. Council calls for necessary
investigations to be carried out, in order to bring the perpetrators
to justice,” it said.
It commended the IGAD Plus for its continued leadership and unwavering
commitment to the search for a sustainable resolution to the crisis in
South Sudan.
It welcomed “the call for an urgent in-depth independent investigation
by the AU on the fighting that took place in Juba and to identify
those responsible with a view of ensuring that they are held
accountable for their criminal acts.”
It requested the AU Commission, in consultation with the United
Nations (UN), and building on existing regional and continental
capabilities, to look into the best mechanisms for timely and
effective action to address large scale mass atrocities in line with
the relevant provisions of the Constitutive Act of the AU and the
Protocol Establishing the Peace and Security Council of the African
Union, and Chapter VIII of the UN Charter.
It supported the IGAD “call for the UN Security Council (UNSC) to
extend the Mission of UNMISS with a revised mandate including the
deployment of the Regional Protection Force."
“Requests IGAD to provide an update to the PSC meeting scheduled to
take place on 18 August 2016, on the outcomes of the meeting of the
Regional Chiefs of Defence Staff, which is scheduled to take place on
Friday, 12 August 2016 in Addis Ababa,” it further said.
The statement called upon the parties to the August 2015 peace
agreement to embrace mutual trust, put the interest of their country
and its people above everything else and to scrupulously implement the
accord.
(ST)
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