Statement by South Sudanese Communist Party on the National Dialoguel
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The Communist Party of South Sudan On the Initiative of the National Dialogue
The initiative taken by the President of the Republic of South Sudan
declaring a need for a national dialogue is an official recognition
that the crisis is aggravating all over South Sudan. This is an
admission that, something is needed to come out of the entanglement.
The government alone is to be held responsible for entanglement which
is taking place now; killing, starvation and destitution, while others
remain in the UN camps for several years.
The National dialogue had already taken place in Addis Ababa almost
two years ago. In that dialogue, all the political, social and
religious forces in the country participated. It produced the
Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan (ARCISS) and
the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU) was formed. What
remained was the implementation of ARCISS in letter and spirit to
restore peace in the country and its consolidation and not another
call for a dialogue.
The memory of the people will not forget that the Agreement of
Resolution of Conflict In South Sudan was from the first moment, met
with many suspicious reservations and objections by the two
conflicting parties, the Government and the armed opposition. There
were repeated utterances that the agreement was imposed by the
international community, and as such, it shall not find its way to
implementation as required.
In such circumstances, we must recall some of our previous
experiences, so as not to lose the track. The South-South conference
convened before the independence in 2010 came out with two important
resolutions:-
First: - A constitutional conference for the people of South Sudan was
to be convened to decide on how to rule the South in the transitional
period, and the formation of a national government to implement the
resolutions and the programs of the conference.
But after the conference, surprisingly enough, the SPLM party shelved
the resolutions of the conference and took power by itself alone.
Second: - With all clarity, the May, 9th, 2014 African Union’s Summit
Resolution, called for the participation of all stakeholders in the
negotiation but the government conspired to exclude the National
Alliance parties from negotiations because of the differences in
political positions at the negotiations. These parties were deprived
of signing the peace agreement when their representatives were
prevented from going to Addis Ababa for the signing of the Agreement.
Till now the government has not appointed representatives of National
Alliance in the national parliament, it only appointed the
representatives of parties allied with it.
The question then is: What inclusivity will this new national dialogue
guarantee after having experienced the outcomes of the previous
dialogues?
The Communist Party of South Sudan looks at the initiative of the
national dialogue as an attempt by the government to empty the
conflict resolution agreement of its reformatory and democratic
contents and make it meaningless. Also, the national dialogue
initiative is a manoeuvre for the Government to regain momentum, and
mislead the citizens that salvation from the present crisis in all
fields is to be achieved from the outcome of the national dialogue
conference, hence the citizens need to be patient.
If the government wants to be serious to go forward with the national
dialogue and make it successful for the good of the people and the
country certain conditions must take place to create a conducive
atmosphere that will not contradict the framework of the Agreement on
Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan.
The government should keep away from playing the role or influence on
the progress of the national dialogue so the dialogue is independent
administratively and financially.
The government should take a number of steps and measures which shall
help in preparing an atmosphere so that the dialogue is really
national and inclusive. To mention a few:-
(a) All the political, social and religious forces that participated
in Addis Ababa negotiations are to be allowed to participate besides
the armed opposition groups produced by the last wars.
(b) The dialogue preparatory procedures are to be reviewed as they
were set by one side. The SPLM alone selected the steering committee
and determined the issues and the stages of dialogue that indicates
that the recommendations of the dialogue resolutions and the outcomes
are already made.
(c) The government to repeal any decisions and measures taken outside
the framework of the Agreement such as (the new states)
(d) The government to repeal special decisions taken to ban some
newspaper houses, stop arresting and summoning journalists, work to
reduce the cost of printing to enable all contribute in freedom in the
national dialogue.
(e) The government to take immediate procedures to make
representatives of the National Alliance parties join the national
parliament
(f) It is a known fact that dialogue to settle a conflict is always
between the conflicting parties and not between friends or allies. So
if the government insists that the dialogue takes place inside South
Sudan, then the National Dialogue would have been assigned to failure.
The Central Secretarial
Communist Party, South Sudan
Date: 23/01/2017
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