South Sudan Extends Transitional Govt By 2 Yrs

South Sudan extends transitional govt by 2 years

Juba, Aug 5 : South Sudan’s parties to the unity government on Thursday extended the transitional period by two years.

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President Salva Kiir said his regime is not extending the transitional period to stay in office but to prepare the country for an election and peaceful transition of power, reports Xinhua news agency.

”We have decided to prepare the soil over the next 24 months to plant the seeds for the South Sudan election with a unified army, visionary constitutions, and firm understanding of our country upon which to build a government that can complete the war on poverty, ignorance, and hopelessness,” Kiir said here on Thursday.

The South Sudanese leader was speaking after signing a roadmap to the conduct of election and extension of the transitional period of the government for 24 months.

Kiir signed on behalf of the ruling party, Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army- In Government (SPLM-IG); First Vice-President Riek Machar signed on behalf of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition (SPLM-IO); while Gabriel Changson Chang signed for the opposition coalition, South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA)

The President called on holdout groups who are not signatories to the peace pact to join the peace process to bring a peaceful transition to the country.

Machar said the extension of the transitional period is for the agreement to be genuinely implemented as the implementation of the agreement is lagging.

He called on President Kiir to provide free political space for the citizens to bring a level ground for the parties to compete in elections.”I have not been invited to go for a rally and the reason is people are afraid to hold political rallies, you cannot transform, political parties cannot survive if there is no political space,” Machar said.South Sudan descended into violence in December 2013 following a political dispute between Kiir and his then deputy Machar.The conflict has killed tens of thousands and displaced more than 2 million people both internally and externally.

He demanded President Kiir to create a free political space to citizens, in order to create an equal ground for parties to be able to compete in elections.”I haven’t been invited to participate in an election rally, because that people are scared to hold political rallies.You can’t change, and political parties will not survive if there isn’t room for political debate,” Machar said.South Sudan has been a tinderbox of violence in December 2013 as a result of an internal disagreement between Kiir and his deputy Machar.

The conflict has killed thousands of thousands of people and forced the displacement of two million residents in the internal and external world.

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