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Kampala Summit Makes Fundamental Changes to IGAD-Plus Document

A recent meeting in Entebbe by IGAD head of states —- Uhuru of Kenya, Museveni of Uganda, Desalegn of Ethiopia, Bashir of the Sudan —- has made substantial changes to the IGAD-PLUS compromise peace agreement. For example, no demilitarization of Juba, no sharing of power at state level, but only in Juba (executive) and the status of two armies will be decided by the IGAD’s chiefs of staff of four countries:

In an interview with VOA, Machar blames Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Kiir for changing the text of proposals previously agreed to by both parties, ahead of the resumption of the peace talks. Machar says he was informed about changes in the proposal by Ethiopia’s foreign minister, Seyoum Mesfin, who is also a mediator of the peace negotiations. Machar says it appears Museveni has teamed up with Kiir to derail the peace negotiations. He says the proposals were changed to favor the government in Juba. Machar outlined what he calls unacceptable changes: “There was a provision in the peace agreement that says the national capital shall be demilitarized. … This has been changed. To us this is a very critical issue; this is a deal breaker. The second issue is that the power sharing is limited to the national institutions, and I believe to the executives alone. There would be no power sharing in the states,” said Machar. “The changes made in Kampala by President Museveni, I think there would be no peace agreement at all,” he added. “And also, the security arrangement would be left to the four chiefs of staff of the four countries, and that is Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Sudan. Our fate cannot be determined by other people; we should negotiate it ourselves. This is another deal breaker.”

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