By Bida Elly David<\/p>\n
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South Sudan National Movement for Change (SSNMC) urges peace partners to advocate for political space and non-aggression towards opponents as the agreement comes to an end.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Chairperson of the political party, Moro Isaac Jenesio made the call in a statement issued to mark the 7th<\/sup> anniversary.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is need for the implementation of the directives of President Kiir on opening up of political space and non-aggression towards political opponents,\u201d Moro said in the statement.<\/p>\n Moro stated that restricting or blocking political parties from exercising their rights dictates civil and political freedom.<\/p>\n \u201cI call upon signatories and guarantors to the peace agreement to start the process of building consensus on critical issues through dialogue,\u201d Moro said.<\/p>\n According to him, reinstating suspended or dismissed peace partners by their opponents is crucial.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is a need for leaders to implement joint visits to states to reassure citizens of the hope of peaceful, free, and fair elections,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n The SSNMC also urges its partners to prioritize and actualize reconciliation among leaders, warring communities, and the entire people of South Sudan.<\/p>\n This, according to Moro, will help define consensus.<\/p>\n Last year, a political event organized by the South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) was canceled because they failed to seek official approval.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Executive Director of Community Empowerment Organization (CEPO), Edmund Yakani, had previously cautioned against scale-up in cases of restrictions of civic and political space across the country.<\/p>\n Yakani believes that all directives of the government leaders touching open civic and political space are often undermined by some authorities.<\/p>\n In October 2022, President Kiir directed state governors, chief administrators of administrative areas, and county commissioners to observe the opening of political and civic space for inclusive public participation.<\/p>\n He urged political leaders to embrace freedom of expression, assembly, association, and media consultative dialogue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Bida Elly David South Sudan National Movement for Change (SSNMC) urges peace partners to advocate for political space and non-aggression towards opponents as the agreement comes to an end. Chairperson of the political party, Moro Isaac Jenesio made the call in a statement issued to mark the 7th[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Moro-Isaac-Jenesio-Chair-of-SSNMC-Courtesy-photo-copy.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20397"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20423,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20397\/revisions\/20423"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}