President Salva Kiir has accepted that SPLM/A-In-Opposition leader, Dr Riek Machar will be sworn in as the First Vice President on April 18 as soon as he lands in Juba.
Festus Mogae, the head of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission, JMEC has confirmed to the media.
President Mogae and Government Chief Negotiator Nhial Deng have confirmed that President Kiir has agreed on the prompt swearing-in ceremony of Dr Machar next Monday.
Earlier on, the government had not agreed on a request by the opposition that Dr Machar should be sworn in on the same day of his arrival.
But, government stance against a peace rally remains in place.
Several citizens were arrested last Tuesday for showing too much excitement upon the arrival of General Alfred Ladu Gore, the Deputy Chairman of SPLM/A-In-Opposition.
Nyarji Roman, the Deputy Spokesman in Dr Machar’s office says the opposition will land at Juba International Airport at 1:00 PM on Monday.