{"id":40268,"date":"2025-10-08T12:15:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T10:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/?p=40268"},"modified":"2025-10-08T12:15:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T10:15:20","slug":"concern-peace-in-danger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/08\/concern-peace-in-danger\/","title":{"rendered":"CONCERN: Peace in Danger"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Yiep Joseph<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Peace monitors and the partners have expressed worries over a series of violations among the parties to the 2018 peace agreement.<\/p>\n

Some of the stakeholders raised worries during the fourth extraordinary meeting of the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC) held on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The meeting, which focuses on assessing the implementation of the peace agreement, was dominated by a call to dialogue to rescue peace from collapse.<\/p>\n

Addressing the stakeholders during the meeting, Col. Gunnar Gabrielsen, Chief of Staff of CTSAMVM, expressed worries as violations continue in some parts of the country.<\/p>\n

CTSAMVM stands for Ceasefire & Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring & Verification Mechanism.<\/p>\n

It monitors and verifies violations through conducting patrols, gathering agreement violations, and reporting for further actions as mandated by the peace deal.<\/p>\n

Gabrielsen expressed that violations remain a threat to the peace agreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith reference to the high number of continued and repeated violations of the agreements of the agreement, it is the assessment of CTSAMVM that there can be little doubt that the agreement is in real danger,\u201d Gabrielsen stated in the report.<\/p>\n

\u201cCTSAMVM can state beyond any reasonable doubt that the permanent ceasefire is continually and repeatedly violated by signatory parties,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He urged the parties to the peace agreement to cease violence, citing that dialogue remains the best way to handle misunderstandings.<\/p>\n

Also, the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC), which oversees the peace process, raised a similar concern.<\/p>\n

In his speech Ambassador Major General (Ret.) George Aggrey Owinow stated that a series of violations threatened the peace agreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the current challenges are not urgently addressed, there is a high risk of reversal of all the gains already made,\u201d Owinow said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis could lead to a collapse of the agreement altogether.\u201d He added,<\/p>\n

He expressed that misunderstandings among parties continue to result in armed confrontations.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn RJMEC audit found the infighting has weakened the very power-sharing government the agreement was designed to create,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Cabinet Affairs Minister Martin Elia Lomuro acknowledged challenges but struck a more optimistic tone regarding planned elections in December 2026.<\/p>\n

He reported that pre-election activities are over 64% complete and that key institutions like the National Elections Commission are operational, though underfunded.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have made progress unlike before,\u201d Lomuro said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce funding is provided, institutions can work around the clock to complete the remaining activities and prepare for elections.\u201d He added,<\/p>\n

Anita Kiki Gbeho, the U.N.\u2019s acting special representative in South Sudan, delivered the stark warning.<\/p>\n

She said the 2018 Revitalized Peace Agreement is \u201cseverely fractured\u201d by the warring parties\u2019 \u201cunilateral actions\u201d and \u201cselective adherence.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn our analysis, the challenges facing the peace agreement are man-made, fundamentally political, and only resolvable through inclusive dialogue,\u201d Gbeho told the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (R-JMEC).<\/p>\n

The crisis facing the peace agreement in South Sudan, she said, has had devastating consequences.<\/p>\n

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