The Rebels of South Sudan: Violated a Peace Agreement
5 min readBy Manyok Mabiei
South Sudan is a newest nation on earth breakout from old Sudan in 2011 and back to war in short period of time. It is one of the nations in the world considered as rich in term of the resources on the ground, and there is possibility the nation can grow like other western countries, but the country is missing what is calling the intellectual power.
What are the objectives and missions the rebel groups were fought for? The rebels of South Sudan were accusing the ruling government by ruling the nation without “term limit” are seemingly rainout of the ideas what to say within 60 days of preparation of peace agreement in Addis Ababa.
Dr. Riek Machar Teny known as a Prophet of Doom and rebel leader end up between Nairobi and Addis Ababa enjoying the beauties of the cities without turning back to the table of negotiation.
Machar is hiding in comfortable zone without review his mission he fought for against the ruling government.
The members of government were waiting’s the rebel team leaders to come back to reach an agreement before 60 days of peace, that was designed, as the days of peace between pro-government and rebel group in South Sudan.
As according to the Members of ruling Government of South Sudan including Nhial Deng Nhial, Michael Makuei Lueth, Peter Bashir Ghedhi, James Kok, Lam Akol and more were describing the rebels are not committed to peace agreement of 60days in Addis Ababa.
Now, the members of ruling government back to Juba, South Sudan, because the rebels took the weeks off to prepare themselves before they reach agreement within 60days. Is that not seems like a buying time.
The Members of government were claiming that the rebels are buying times talking about the (corruption, no term limit, and Kiir must go) and they told to the rebel groups these are not the points we are here in this meeting, as we needed your objectives, and these things you were mentioned here will be proceeded during transition government and interim government of South Sudan.
The government teams said our objective and mission we need from rebels to bring the members of transition government and interim government without including those who were involved in crime war.
The rebels were said give us two weeks and the Members of government not even take a week or a month, because they know where they are heading to in peace process.
The government teams are blaming the rebel teams are always taking days off, while they never asked any single day, since the beginning of peace talks in Addis Ababa. They said they are ready to negotiate to anyone either rebel side or anyone in this world who like to negotiate without precondition.
Michael Makuei was mentioned that we came to negotiation table, and waits the rebels, while they are relaxing without committed to peace. They said that this peace supposed to finish on May, 9 2014, but rebels were violated the agreement by captured the Upper Nile state and Benitu.
Same way Peter Bashir from government side stated, “We are committed to peace in Addis Ababa, but the rebel side not committed to peace.” This mean this peace will not even take five days between the government and rebel side.
The rebels are claiming unacceptable in peace
The rebels need the government to pull out their military in the Upper region and they need President Kiir Mayardit to step-down. They don’t even say these things openly and they know the government will not acceptable them as they known for themselves. It is hard to hear it by the South Sudanese.
This is seemingly the rebels are copying the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) idealism, while they forgotten there is much different between the South Sudan and North Sudan the way the CPA was fitted with them.
The rebels are confused what their main agenda why they went to war with government, while they don’t know what their agendas are.
Besides that the rebels are presuming that the Great Upper Nile region is for them. In the state of Jonglei they are minority and even in the Upper Nile State they are minority.
If they presuming that to take over three states of oil rich, then they need to know that the oil stations are not in their areas, while the oilfields are in other areas. There are more than three stations of the oilfields in some of the places like Panrieng, Ngok-Laul-Yak and other places like Borland and Ngok Dinka.
It is seemingly the rebels are demand unacceptable to government of South Sudan, if they are assuming and copying the CPA process will not help them.
A long the lines, the transition government that will be form will not including both Kiir and Riek in case to avoid another mistake like happened in South Sudan. To make another mistake by accept these two leaders will encourage another fighting in South Sudan.
The vast majorities of people in South Sudan are seeking for peace and no war.
By Manyok Mabiei who is currently in Chicago, IL. He is concerns citizen in term of humanity and independently analysis. He can be reachmanyokmabiei@aol.com
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