Activist urges Sudan to push for implementation of security arrangements
The Executive Director of the Community Empowerment for Progress Organisation (CEPO), Edmund Yakani, has called on the Sudanese government to persuade South Sudanese leadership to implement the transitional security arrangements.
Yakani said the implementation of the security arrangements to attain peace across the country could pave the way for a free and fair election.
“We are calling upon the leadership of Sudan to pursue our leaders to reach a concrete decision about the transitional security arrangement implementation.”
The “conducive environment for credible, free, and fair elections may not happen without that proper transitional security arrangement because the level of violence that is going on in the country is so very disturbing,” he stated.
“That for us is a priority, but also I would like to call upon the leadership of Sudan to make sure that our government has trust and confidence, especially among the principals, to implement the agreement, because even politically, they have not implemented the agreement fully, they have only implemented partially,” Yakani stressed.
He said the transitional period is due to end on February 22, 2023, and called on the presidency to reveal their priority.
“We wish to call upon the Presidency under the revitalised agreement to meet and communicate with the country on a concrete roadmap that they adopt to end the lifespan of the revitalised agreement. [It is to plan on] how to exit political transition after the end of Revitalised Agreement on 23rd February 2023. What do they find as a key milestone that they want to deliver in the last year of the revitalised agreement,” he added
The activists reiterated that the presidency should decide on transitional security arrangements implementation, election and constitution-making processes, financial management, and reforms.
Building trust
On Tuesday, the deputy chairman of the Sudan Sovereign Council, Mohammed Hamdan Dagallo, met with President Salva Kiir in Juba.
He invited Kiir to attend the meeting of the presidency scheduled for Wednesday aimed at discussing issues concerning peace and security between the two countries.
The current peace agreement was championed by the Sudanese government.
South Sudan has also been strategic in ensuring that peace prevails in Sudan.
Juba Peace Agreement
In October 2020, the Sudanese government and opposition groups signed the Juba Peace Agreement, which was witnessed by the Troika, comprising the UK, Norway, and the US, to protect the rights of civilians in Darfur, South Kordofan, and the Blue Nile States.
“The Troika also welcomes the agreement on a Declaration of Principles between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North/Abdelaziz al-Hilu and encourages both sides to reach agreement on ending their conflict so all Sudanese can play a part in the transitional process,” read the statement from the Troika.
“We urge immediate steps to fully implement and adhere to the agreed timelines set forth in the transitional constitutional document and the Juba Peace Agreement, including the formation of key institutions such as the Transitional Legislative Council.”
The Troika called for the perpetrators of violence to be brought to justice.
