JUBA – A senior United States diplomat has called on the region to pressure President Salva Kiir of South Sudan and opposition leader Riek Machar and to hold the accountable for hesitating to bring peace to the world’s youngest country.
“IGAD secretariat should hold President Kiir and Dr Machar accountable and urge compromise,” Tibor the American diplomat for Africa said
Nagy Tibor made his call following a statement by the IGAD countries the United States, the United Kingdom and Norway to mark the 50th day of the 100-day extension of the pre-transitional period concluded last November.
He further expressed his disappointment that the sticky issues remain unimplemented referring to the security arrangements and the number of states and their boundaries.
“Dismayed that with less than 50 days remaining, South Sudan’s leaders have failed to resolve the issues to form a national unity government” he further said.
The Troika in its statement on Thursday welcomed the commitment made by Kiir and Machar to form a government of national unity by the February deadline even if they did not complete the implementation of the critical issues.
Also, due to the fragile security situation in the country, they recalled the two parties to remain committed to the ceasefire agreement which is considered by the region’s leaders as the most important achievement until now.
I’m not quite sure whether two leaders will form government of national unity on said days. All pending issues are not implemented so far.
The IGAD authority didn’t strict the peace deal into it effects, and that has brought a worris to South Sudanese citizens on 100 days.