Election of Truss as new British PM offers great opportunity for new beginning in South Sudan – Yakani

JUBA – South Sudan’s prominent activist and Executive Director of Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO) Edmund Yakani has said that the election of Liz Truss as the new British prime minister offers hope for peace in South Sudan.

Truss was named as Britain’s next prime minister on Monday, winning a leadership race for the governing Conservative party at a time when the country faces a cost-of-living crisis, industrial unrest and a recession.

After weeks of an often bad-tempered and divisive leadership contest that saw the foreign minister face off against former finance minister Rishi Sunak, Truss came out on top in a vote of Conservative Party members, winning by 81,326 votes to 60,399.

In a statement, Yakani congratulated Truss and said her election as the British head of government offers a great motivation for a new beginning of peace in war-torn South Sudan.

“CEPO congratulates Liz Truss for succeeding Boris Johnson as Britain Prime Minister and this offers great motivation for new beginning on the role of the Britain government in the global agenda of peace and stability in which we in South Sudan wish to ensure that Liz Truss as New Prime Minister should play effective and proactive role in the agenda of global responsibility to protect,” Yakani said in a statement extended to Sudans Post.

“Liz Truss taking Britain prime minister role as female this should be an opportunity of bringing Britain to championship of meaningful women participation in public life,” Yakani added.