S. Sudanese opposition group wants fresh talks to resolve crisis
August 31, 2015 (JUBA) – A South Sudanese opposition movement has demanded that the East African regional bloc (IGAD) to initiate fresh peace talks aimed at resolving the conflict in the young nation.
“The called “Compromised Peace Agreement” signed by the SPLM-IG of Salva Kirr, SPLM-IO of Dr. Riek Machar and SPLM-FD of Pagan Amum is not worth to bring peace as it has been rejected even by the key members of the conflicting parties that signed the agreement,” partly reads the statement signed by its spokesperson, Col. John Sunday Martin.
The opposition group also castigated South Sudan’s main rival factions of violating the signed agreement less than 24 hours after they both declared a permanent ceasefire in respect to the accord.
REMNASA said it was worried the peace agreement concluded last week in Juba may remain on paper without effective implementation, thus making it a “dead” peace deal of IGAD-Plus.
“Peace cannot be brought full in any nation by small portion of warring factions, and never will any peace be sustainable while others warring factions are not involved in sustaining it”, stressed the group.
“REMNASA has disowned this peace agreement and so is Federal Democratic Party (FDP); and therefore, without inclusiveness of REMNASA and any other revolutionary forces, IGAD-Plus must not expect any peace, but full scale war”, further added the statement.
Failure by IGAD to initiate fresh talks, the group warned, could provoke “military” options and full scale war against the Juba regime.
They accused the regional bloc of a selective approach in choosing parties to continue ruling South Sudan, which was allegedly against the will of the ordinary citizens in the world’s youngest nation.
FAILED LEADERS
Meanwhile, the revolutionary movement described both President Salva Kiir and opposition leader, Riek Machar as “failed” leaders allegedly responsible for the problems the nation currently faces.
“In fact, they (Kirr and Riek) worked perfectly together to loot our national resources, and failed to work as a team to offer constructive political leadership to this nation, as well deliver services to meet the expectation of the suffering people of south Sudan,” the group further said in their statement, which was also extended to Sudan Tribune.
“We are therefore calling for the two leaders to be excluded from the Transitional Government of the National Unity and should they need to come back to lead, they should wait for the general election, and seek it through popular vote of the people,” it added.
The opposition group, however, says it was willing to seek for alliance with every excluded faction such as FDP to ensure IGAD responds positively to their national calls for fresh peace talks with unified SPLM or else launch full scale war as an option for peace in the nation.
(ST)