PCCA to organize stakeholders’ meeting over South Sudan transition

JUBA – The People’s Coalition for Civil Action (PCCA) has said that it is organizing a visual consultative meeting aiming “at building consensus among the stakeholders on urgent matters around the impending expiration of the transitional period in South Sudan and to consider recent calls for a roundtable.”

This comes after five opposition groups including the National Salvation Front (NAS) and Real-SPLM announced their rejection for looming extension of the transitional period by President Salva Kiir Mayardit’s group as most crucial provisions of the revitalized peace agreement have remained without implementation.

“The People’s Coalition for Civil Action (PCCA) wishes to invite all civil society, political parties/movements, faith-based organizations, and political groups to prepare for stakeholders consultative meeting,” the PCCA said in a statement extended to Sudans Post.

“This invitation is a direct response to recent calls by stakeholders for a national political dialogue or a roundtable to decide on the future of South Sudan prior to the end of the Transitional Period of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS),” the statement added.

The civil rights movement said it “strongly believes that South Sudan is redeemable when its people can unite to challenge the status quo, which is defined by lack of strategic vision, deviation from peace and democratic paths, growing authoritarian rule, extreme violence, ethnic divisions, ubiquitous insecurity, deep rooted impunity, and widespread menace of corruption and economic mismanagement.”

The group said “Confronting this situation is not a task of any special genius loner, it requires a formidable unity of purpose among the people and among the civil and political forces in South Sudan to rescue and avert the inevitable disintegration of the country if it is allowed to continue its present path.”

“Driven by the desire to unite the people of South Sudan, the PCCA, in collaboration with South Sudan opposition political forces, civil society organizations, and the faith-based groups, plans to convene a virtual solidarity meeting for all the stakeholders in South Sudan.

“The meeting aims at building consensus among the stakeholders on urgent matters around the impending expiration of the transitional period in South Sudan and to consider recent calls for a roundtable. As a corollary, the meeting hopes to consolidate unity and consensus on matters critical to and pertaining to peace and stability in South Sudan.”

The group said the meeting will be “Exploring collective response to the impending expiration of the R-ARCSS Transitional Period and the term of the RTGONU” as well as “Presenting a viable alternative route to peace beyond the R-ARCSS the roundtable.”

Other aims of the meeting will be “Consolidating unity among South Sudan stakeholders, including agreeing on a model and structure of future engagements” after which a joint communiqué will be issued.