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South Sudan parties push elections to December 2024 as U.S, allies boycott extension  

Parties to the peace deal ending South Sudan´s devastating civil war have again delayed the country's first elections since independence by extending the transitional period by two years. The vote meant for early next year has been pushed to December 2024.

by Sudans Post
August 4, 2022

President Salva Kiir Mayardit (L) and his now deputy Dr. Riek Machar Teny exchanging documents following the signing of a ceasefire agreement in 2014 in Addis Ababa. [Photo by REUTERS]
President Salva Kiir Mayardit (L) and his now deputy Dr. Riek Machar Teny exchanging documents following the signing of a ceasefire agreement in 2014 in Addis Ababa. [Photo by REUTERS]
JUBA (AP) – Parties to the peace deal ending South Sudan´s devastating civil war have again delayed the country’s first elections since independence by extending the transitional period by two years. The vote meant for early next year has been pushed to December 2024.

The United States, Britain and Norway shortly before Thursday´s announcement in the capital, Juba, warned in a letter to President Salva Kiir they wouldn´t send their top diplomats because they believed that not all parties to the peace deal had been consulted. The countries are known as the Troika for South Sudan.

The new plan “must demonstrate how another extension would differ from the previous ones and include steps for clear progress in setting up the institutions and mechanisms necessary to hold elections,” said the letter seen by The Associated Press.

In explaining the latest delay, South Sudan´s president said he wanted to avoid creating conditions for more bloodshed.

“I am not extending the transitional period because I want to stay in the government longer. I do not want to rush you into an election that will take us back to war,” said Kiir, who has led South Sudan since its independence from Sudan in 2011. He called on holdout groups to join him in implementing the peace process.

Kiir and opposition groups signed the peace agreement in 2018 ending five years of civil war that killed hundreds of thousands of people. But the deal´s provisions, including the formation of a national unified army, remain largely unimplemented.

Kiir´s longtime rival and vice president, Riek Machar, said they had no choice but to extend the transition period to ensure the deal´s implementation.

“We need a political space. Without political space, we can´t” implement the deal, he added, appealing for room for opposition parties to participate freely.

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