Aug 11, 2021 — While defecting from camp A and joining camp B or camp C, and vice versa, is a right of an individual or a group of individuals, history of South Sudan has however proven over and over again that it is never a solution to the challenges we have been facing.
After all, all these forces or armies are supposed to be “unified” under the 2018 peace agreement as one in their respective organized forces.
In the 2015 peace deal, having two separate armies was seen as a challenge, then why not unify them now as provided for in the revitalized 2018 peace deal? Peace partners should also help solve any logistical challenges, be it non-lethal.
There is a saying that it is better late than never!
Of course, the delays are frustrating. It is worse when one doesn’t see its difficulties. Some people may think the cook in the kitchen is not willing to prepare food on time, while maybe it is because he or she could not get the necessary ingredients needed to complete the cooking of the meal. These ingredients are many!
Well, we last week took another giant step by swearing in the reconstituted bicameral transitional national legislature. A step taken is a step appreciated and solved.
It shows that the agreement is not frozen, but alive and moving forward at this snail’s pace which tests every patience a human can be able to maintain.
So what do we do? It is not a free ride in a smooth highway where one drives and decides which direction to go at the same time. It needs perseverance to build trust and move together.
Hopefully it helps to build trust among the leaders or politicians or regional and international peace partners, and all in the near future maybe willing to speed up its implementation for the benefit of our citizens.
We badly need stability to reign in our nascent nation. We should stop the suffering of our people.
Destructive games do not help at all, but only perpetuate the suffering of our people in their muddy, grassthatched huts, where they are daily beaten by hunger and diseases in millions across the country, coupled with deadly inter-sectional violence —unfortunately. Other millions are refugees in the region and hundreds of thousands are IDPs in their own nation.
So disappointing to still see that we are busy playing unnecessary games of moving X or Y from this camp to that camp, with the potential of causing yet another problem, when we should rather be unifying the camps into one camp, called national army, or into parliaments, executives, judiciary and civil service, one people, etc.
And imagine some of us are congratulating themselves and cheering on these unnecessary destructive games at the expense of our suffering people across the country!
When will we find stability in all its political, security, economic and social aspects so that we can be able to provide services to our people?
When will we find rest????
When will we find time to cultivate and feed them, provide clean drinking water, electricity, health care, education, build roads, descent housing, employment, etc, etc?
It is heartbreaking!
James Gatdet is a Press Secretary in Machar’s office but currently on leave. He can be reached through social media.
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