The president of South Sudan affirms that “there will be no further extensions” of the unity government

Stresses that the elections will take place in December 2024 after several postponements following the 2018 peace agreement

March 22 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The president of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, has assured this Wednesday that the unity government agreed upon after the 2018 peace agreement is prepared to organize the elections and has affirmed that “there will be no further extensions” of the mandate of this Executive, after several postponements due to problems in the application of various clauses of the pact.

“My government will go to the general elections after the transition period and there will be no further extensions of the transitional government,” he said during a public event in the state of North Bahr el Ghazal, according to a statement from the South Sudanese Presidency through his account on the social network Facebook.

Thus, he has remarked that the peace agreement is still standing and has stressed that the ‘road map’ for the holding of elections has been “approved” by all the signatory parties. “It is being applied,” said the South Sudanese Presidency.

Along these lines, he has asked the population to “prepare for the elections.” “All parties are preparing, myself included. Candidates must present themselves publicly so that they can be clearly seen and, when the time comes, we will see each other at the polls,” she explained.

“How many transition governments have already been formed? That is not good and once the ‘road map’ is finished, we must run for an election. Those who lose should not blame anyone. They should go home and those who win they have to go ahead with the government,” he defended, as reported by the South Sudanese radio station Radio Tamazuj.

On the other hand, it has recognized that girls’ education “deserves special attention” and has argued that “girls should not be considered a source of wealth -in apparent reference to arranged marriages-, but should have the same opportunities as children when it’s time to go to school.

Kiir received in December 2022 the support of the government Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) as its leader and, therefore, as a candidate for the presidential elections, which should be held in December 2024 after several extensions in recent years. .

South Sudan has a unity government that began after the materialization of the 2018 peace agreement, the application of which has been postponed amid international requests to speed up the process.

Despite the decrease in violence due to the political conflict, the country has registered an increase in inter-community confrontations, mainly motivated by the theft of cattle and disputes between herders and farmers in the most fertile areas of the country, especially due to the increase in desertification and displacement of populations.