JUBA: South Sudan's parties to the unity government on August 4 extended the transitional period by two years. As per Xinhua news, President Salva Kiir said that his government is not extending the transitional phase to remain in power but rather to get the nation ready for elections and a peaceful transfer of power.
"We have decided to prepare the soil over the next 24 months to plant the seeds for the South Sudan election with a unified army, visionary constitutions, and firm understanding of our country upon which to build a government that can complete the war on poverty, ignorance, and hopelessness," Kiir said on Thursday in Juba.
After approving a blueprint for holding elections and extending the transitional period of the administration for 24 months, the South Sudanese leader was addressing.
First Vice-President Riek Machar signed on behalf of the opposition coalition, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition (SPLM-IO), while Gabriel Changson Chang signed on behalf of the opposition party, the South Sudan Opposition Alliance. Kiir signed on behalf of the ruling party, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army-In Government (SPLM-IG) (SSOA) In order to bring about a peaceful transition in the nation, the President urged holdout organisations that have not signed the peace deal to do so.
Machar said the extension of the transitional period is for the agreement to be originally implemented as the implementation of the agreement is lagging behind. He called on President Kiir to provide free political space for the citizens to bring a level ground for the parties to compete in elections.
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