{"id":36781,"date":"2025-06-19T10:37:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T08:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onecitizendaily.com\/?p=36781"},"modified":"2025-06-19T10:37:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T08:37:36","slug":"opp-disowns-peter-mayen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/19\/opp-disowns-peter-mayen\/","title":{"rendered":"OPP disowns Peter Mayen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Lodu William Odiya<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Other Political Parties (OPP) leadership has rejected claims by Peter Mayen Majongdit, of representing the coalition.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Peter Mayen Majongdit, a former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management had declared his intent to represent the OPP in the upcoming elections.<\/p>\n<p>He also called for dialogue to salvage South Sudan\u2019s peace process.<\/p>\n<p>However, in a press statement on Tuesday, OPP spokesperson, Mayen Jeremiah Turic, condemned Majongdit\u2019s claim, calling it misleading.<\/p>\n<p>Turic clarified that while Majongdit was one of the six signatories of the OPP to the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS), he has since been dismissed by his own party, the People\u2019s Liberal Party (PLP).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a result, he lost his standing and membership within the OPP. He is not a representative of the OPP and has no authority to speak or act on its behalf,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>Turic reaffirmed the OPP\u2019s commitment to implementing the R-ARCSS, emphasizing that the peace agreement is the only viable path to achieving South Sudan\u2019s first general elections.<\/p>\n<p>The party called for an urgent review of Chapter Two of the R-ARCSS to expedite the integration of all necessary forces under a unified command, led by one commander-in-chief, ahead of the elections.<\/p>\n<p>The OPP urged the public to remain calm and focused on the implementation of the peace agreement, which remains active and binding.<\/p>\n<p>The party reiterated its commitment to peace, stability, and the full implementation of the R-ARCSS, calling on all stakeholders to unite against disinformation and unauthorized initiatives that could undermine progress toward lasting peace in South Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>OPP is a coalition of political parties that are signatory to the revitalized peace agreement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lodu William Odiya &nbsp; Other Political Parties (OPP) leadership has rejected claims by Peter Mayen Majongdit, of representing the coalition. Peter Mayen Majongdit, a former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management had declared his intent to represent the OPP in the upcoming elections. He also called for dialogue<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/19\/opp-disowns-peter-mayen\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":36782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36781","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\/2025\/06\/Courtesy-photo-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36781","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=36781"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36783,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36781\/revisions\/36783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}