Mamer Abraham
Africa-Press – South-Sudan. The revitalised transitional government of national unity (R-TGoNU) is planning to remove all the illegal checkpoints across the country.
The acting minister for foreign affairs and international cooperation, Deng Dau Deng, told the press yesterday that the decision to remove illegal checkpoints would fast-track the delivery of services to the grassroots.
“We are at a very lengthy discussion with both the UN and how to improve the movement of the services across South Sudan, including removing all the illegal checkpoints,” Deng told the press at the Pyramid hotel yesterday.
The acting minister cited the decision as one of the pieces of evidence that the country was committed to the completion of the outstanding tasks in the revitalised agreement on the resolution of the conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS).
“I just want to say we are, as a government, are working to implement all the remaining provision, including the constitution-making process, including the issues of reconstitution of the election commission.
“We are working as a government to ensure that within the remaining 16 months we are working as a government to ensure that all the remaining provisions are implemented.”
He added that the peace agreement had been holding and not comparable with the time it was in 2013, 2014, 2016 and even immediately after the peace agreement was signed on September 12, 2018.
“The environment of 2018 and the environment today are totally different. Of course, the United States State Department is entitled to their opinion, but we say it,” the acting minister continued.
In August 2022, the parties to R-ARCSS unveiled the roadmap for the extension of the transitional period by 24 months.
This was such that the general elections would be held in December 2024 and the transitional period ends in February 2025.
Source: The City Review South Sudan
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