Oct 05, 2017(Nyamilepedia) —– In response to highly inaccurate reports in today’s The Dawn newspaper in Juba, IGAD wishes to assure the TGoNU of its highest respect with regard to the revitalisation process.
IGAD Special Envoy, Ambassador Ismail Wais, said, “As I have already reported publicly, IGAD is in the process of conducting pre-consultation meetings with a broad range of Parties and individuals who are pertinent to the IGAD-led High Level Revitalisation Forum. This period of pre-consultation devotes considerable time to meeting the TGoNU and as such underlines our full respect for the institution of government established by the ARCSS.
“IGAD wishes to pay its respect to the leaders of significant groupings within the TGoNU, especially the SPLM-IG, led by H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit, the President of South Sudan, and the SPLM-IO, led by H.E. Taban Deng Gai, the First Vice President. We are also meeting representatives of the Former Detainees, Mr Deng Alor and Mr John Lukjok, and Other Parties, led by Dr Martin Lomuro.
“We have chosen to meet with them collectively and individually so as to gather the full extent of their thoughts regarding the revitalisation of the Peace Agreement. To do this IGAD has assembled a very high ranking delegation of Ministers, including H.E. Dr Workneh Gebeyehu (Ethiopian Foreign Minister and Chairman of the IGAD Council of Ministers), H.E. Amina Mohamed (Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Rapporteur to the IGAD Council of Ministers), and H.E. Sam Kutesa (Ugandan Foreign Minister).
1 comment
The whole process of peace in the republic of South Sudan is a mechanism through which all the principle signatories of ARCSS must be consulted to find out what led to the collapse of the whole peace project. IGAD needs not to be selective in its consultations with the people of South Sudan. This peace process must be owned by all the people of South Sudan regardless of ethnicity, region or social status of the those involved in the process. This is the time to point fingers to the spoilers of peace that is to entrench justice and all forms of freedoms. The purpose of making peace in the country is to bring freedoms and social justice to the country so that all live in harmony.