Jenifer James
Africa-Press – South-Sudan. President Salva Kiir urged the holdout groups to embrace the Tumaini Initiative which is the only hope of achieving total peace and stability.
In his address to the nation on Tuesday, marking the 13th anniversary of independence, President Kiir said that in the past six years, South Sudan has experienced relative peace, attributing this to collective efforts by various political and apological players.
“It is our collective effort to bring about lasting peace in the country, and I assure you that my government will leave no stone unturned in the quest for tangible peace and prosperity that will be enjoyed by all. Indeed, it remains our duty and firm conviction to restore peace in South Sudan,” he stated.
“Today, I want to repeat our call on armed opposition groups who did not take part in the Tumaini Initiative to come home, to build and develop our country together, and to allow our people to achieve a permanent peaceful coexistence and mutual understanding that will guarantee long-lasting peace in South Sudan in particular and in the region in general,” Kiir added.
According to Kiir, the opposition groups involved in the Tumaini Initiative have chosen the path of peace by giving our citizens the necessary respite to live and be more productive economically.
“We will continue to call upon those who are still carrying arms to lay them down and to respond to the peaceful settlement of grievances. It is no longer justifiable to fight, as this only leads to the loss of innocent lives, the destruction of properties, and delays in building our country. War is not an option,” Kiir stated.
Last week, the SSOMA group issued a press statement to the media, stating that they would not sign any agreement with the R-TGONU until the National Security Service Act is repealed, as agreed in the Tumaini Initiative.
“The National Security Service must be reconstituted into a civilian National Intelligence Service with the mandate to gather intelligence without powers of arrest, detention, or interference in political processes. The rush by the R-TGONU to push this Act through its rubberstamp parliament is intended to undercut the peace process in Nairobi, and we consider this an act of bad faith,” part of the statement read.
Source: The City Review South Sudan
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