South Sudan Council of Churches challenges the conflicting military power and political leaders for not listening to the voices of their church leaders who talk on behalf of the ordinary South Sudanese.
In a statement signed by eight Church leaders on Tuesday the Council again calls for an end to the ‘senseless conflict’ and that there is no moral jurisdiction for the killing to continue.
The Council expresses concerns on the deteriorating situation in the county and that it is unacceptable for negotiations about power and positions to continue while people die every day.
It says the economic situation is deteriorating rapidly affecting ordinary citizens, assets of the nation are being destroyed and human rights abused at every level.
The Council says much of the country is ‘without effective governance as some individuals feel free to take the law into their hands with disastrous consequences for everybody’.
It calls for solution that takes account of the needs of ordinary people, pledging to take more proactive steps to achieve peace and reconciliation for South Sudanese.