Yiep Joseph
Africa-Press – South-Sudan. The Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (CTSAMVM) has called for quick and full deployment of forces to prepare the ground for the election.
In his opening remarks at the 39th CTSAMVM Board Meeting in Juba on Tuesday, Maj. Gen. Hailu Eddosa, the chairperson of the body, decried the delay in the full deployment of forces, saying much is yet to be done.
Eddosa said the full deployment of the unified forces is required to prepare the ground for the expected elections in December.
“It is vital that the National Unified Forces (NUF) are fully deployed to secure the elections planned for December of this year. Time is running out. Urgent action needs to be taken,” Eddosa said.
He, however, stated that although parties seem to be working, no new progress has been noted by the body in regard to the deployment and rollout of phase two.
“Since the last CTSAMVM Board Meeting, there have been no further developments regarding the deployment of the NUF or any arrangements being made for Phase 2 training,” he said.
He urged the Transitional Government of National Unity to roll out phase two in order to prevent forces from getting discouraged at the centres.
“It is important that momentum is maintained and phase two training starts in order to retain personnel,” he said.
The monitors noted that many forces continue to stay worried about what will come next.
“Graduates from other services have still yet to be deployed and remain in training centres without any definite information about their future,” he said.
In 2023, the National Transitional Committee (NTC) kicked off the long-awaited deployment of the Necessary Unified Forces (NUF) by sending 1,000 of the troops to Upper Nile State.
The first batch of the 52,000 NUF graduated in August last year and has since not been deployed due to disagreements among parties to the revitalized peace agreement about the composition of the mid-level command structure.
This was followed by deployments in other areas, bringing the total to more than two thousand soldiers, according to the government.
Under the 2018 revitalised peace agreement, the transitional government is supposed to train and deploy 83,000 unified forces consisting of police, wildlife, prisons, intelligence, and military officers.
Source: The City Review South Sudan
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