Africa-Press – South-Sudan. A civil society activist has appealed to President Salva Kiir to intervene and address the political turmoil in Sudan. Edmund Yakani, the Executive Director of the Community Empowerment for Progress Organisation (CEPO) has called for the swift intervention of the South Sudanese government in the transitional replacement of the former Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.
In a press statement extended to The City Review, Yakani stressed the importance of smooth transition in Sudan saying it is a guarantee for peace in South Sudan.
He said South Sudan should get involved to protect the sustainability of the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS) where Sudan played a key role and the Sudan Juba Peace Agreement which was championed by the government of South Sudan.
“Securing political stability in Sudan has a direct link to securing political stability in South Sudan. President Salva Kiir should urgently call for Sudan dialogue on the political developments in Khartoum since the pathway for a political transition in Sudan was based on the Juba peace agreement signed in South Sudan,” Yakani said in the statement.
“Secondly, the government of South Sudan should urgently (respond) for the safety of the lives of South Sudanese who are especially urban refugees.” Yakani stressed that the South Sudanese refugees seeking refuge in Sudan that their security was on a threat from “criminal-minded individuals.”
“This morning CEPO received numerous phone calls from the South Sudanese urban refugees around Khartoum and Omdurman on their safety and security from some criminally minded individuals who are targeting South Sudanese,” he added
“Based on this development the government of South Sudan should officially urge the authorities in Sudan to protect the South Sudanese and we are urging all South Sudanese not to involve themselves in the political crisis of Sudan,” Yakani stressed.
The activist further urged the African Union Peace and Security Council and the United Nations Security Council to act accordingly in response to the tension in Sudan adding that it would no longer be the task of IGAD since Hamdok was its chairperson.
Hamdok resigns The Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok had resigned on Sunday night after protests intensified in demand for a civilian government which has seen a lasting impasse in Sudanese politics.
His decision came six weeks after he was reinstated following a deal he penned with the military leader Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan. Hamdok warned that the country might fall into a political catastrophe and thus called for a “national charter” and drawing of a “roadmap” to take the country through the transition to democracy.
“I decided to give back the responsibility and announce my resignation as prime minister, and give a chance to another man or woman of this noble country to … help it pass through what’s left of the transitional period to a civilian democratic country,” Hamdok said.
“Despite all that was done to bring about the desired and necessary agreement to fulfil our promise to the citizen of security, peace, justice, and an end to the bloodshed, this did not happen.”
It has been three years after Omar al-Bashir was overthrown in a military coup which led to the installation of Hamdok as the country’s prime minister in 2019. The power-sharing agreement showed that multi-party elections would be conducted in July 2023.
As the power-sharing was no longer promising, Hamdok was ousted on October 25, 2021, and placed under house arrest. He was later reinstated on November 21, 2021, under an agreement intended to form an independent technocratic cabinet under military oversight.
However, the pro-democracy protests continued in demand for a fully civilian government, which provoked Hamdok to resign leaving the country under the full control of the military leadership.
Juba Agreement The Juba Agreement for Peace in Sudan was signed by Sudan’s transitional government and the main warring factions in Sudan in October 2020. The complex agreement covered major areas of governance, security and transitional justice and gave away for the future.
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