{"id":13695,"date":"2023-05-15T11:32:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T11:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onecitizendaily.com\/?p=13695"},"modified":"2023-05-15T11:33:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T11:33:08","slug":"rome-talks-resumption-depends-on-santegidio-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/15\/rome-talks-resumption-depends-on-santegidio-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"Rome talks: Resumption depends on Sant\u2019Egidio-Gov\u2019t"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Bida Elly David<\/em><\/p>\n

Rome peace talks at Sant\u2019Egidio between the government of South Sudan and non-signatories to the Revitalized peace agreement is oblique as parties play blame games over delays to success.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Michael Makuei, the minister of information blames core parties to Sant\u2019Egidio talks saying that government doesn\u2019t have any mandate to host the agreement.<\/p>\n

He said that being the mediator, Rome has the role to call them in case of the commencement of the agreement between them.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not us who are allowing Rome negotiations to kick off, but it is Rome that organizes and calls us. Whenever we are called, we go there and when not called, also don\u2019t go,\u201d Makuei said.<\/p>\n

He warned the core parties against blaming the government over delays of the document to partake the agreement noting that they should not use it a room of accusations.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is Rome to decide at their own time to call us. It is not us as the government of South Sudan to initiate the meeting since we are not the mediators,\u2019\u2019 he underscored.<\/p>\n

Makuei told the media that blame games between parties have been common since both parties won\u2019t admit failures.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is what they say and definitely whenever you are in conflict with anybody, you must say what suits you,\u2019\u2019 Michael reiterated.<\/p>\n

The transitional government of national unity walked out of the talks twice when it accused NAS rebels of killing four people including two Catholic nuns along Juba-Nimule highway, but NAS denied.<\/p>\n

The second boycott was last November when Presidential Affairs Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin said the South Sudan opposition group was buying time to prepare for war, a charge the group dismissed.<\/p>\n

Holdout groups united under the South Sudan Opposition Movements Alliance have been in talks with the government in a bid to be included in the revitalized peace deal.<\/p>\n

The Alliance includes NAS, run by General Thomas Cirilo Swaka, the South Sudan United Front led by General Paul Malong Awan, and the Real SPLM under the leadership of Pagan Amum.<\/p>\n

During the Pope\u2019s first official event in Juba, his meeting with Authorities, Civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps, President Salva Kiir reiterated an announcement made on the eve of the Holy Father\u2019s ecumenical pilgrimage of peace to South Sudan.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn honor of the Holy Father Pope Francis \u2018historic visit to our country, and our declaration of 2023 as the year of Peace and Reconciliation, I am officially announcing the lifting of the suspension of the Rome Peace talks with the Holdout Groups.\u201d Kiir said.<\/p>\n

President Kiir expressed hope that \u201chis brothers from the Non-Signatories South Sudan Opposition Group will reciprocate this gesture and engage with us honestly to achieve an inclusive peace in our country.<\/p>\n

In November 2022, the government of South Sudan announced it was suspending its participation in the Rome peace talks, accusing non-Signatories of \u201clacking commitment\u201d and preparing for war.<\/p>\n

However, efforts by No.1.Citizen Daily Newspaper<\/em><\/strong> to contact the opposition parties for commentary were not successful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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