South Sudanese warring parties last night signed power sharing in Khartoum, Sudan amidst rejection from other opposition parties over some provision.
Sudanese Foreign Minister, Al-Dirdiri Mohammed Ahmed, says issues over the distribution of power at the state remains unresolved and they are going to continue engaging the parties to reach to a consensus over the matter.
All parties could not agree on a number of states and the mediators suggested a commission that would work and have a final say over the number of states, he adds.
Mohammed says they will continue to engage the parties on the remaining issues before the final ceremony of the agreement schedule for August 5, before they hand over the next round of negotiation to Kenya.
South Sudan’s Information Minister, Michael Makuei Lueth, urges the Opposition Alliance that rejected to sign the agreement to seriously think of joining the peace process by inking the deal.
He says if they do not sign, the implementation of the peace process will go ahead.
Alikaya Aligo Samson of Concerned South Sudanese says the time of the referendum is not healthy and might put the peace agreement to collapse.
He expects parties to do more consensuses over it so that the country cannot go back to war.
Sarah Nyanath, who signed the document on behalf of the refugees, appeals to the leaders to end fighting over positions and sign a final peace agreement.
She says refugees need to come back to their homes and live a dignified life.
The agreement says there will be four vice presidents and the transitional government will have 35 ministers, 20 from the current government, nine from Machar’s group and the rest will come from other opposition groups.
Some members of the opposition political parties’ coalition and civil society organizations refused to sign the agreement.
Once the peace deal is signed, the parties will be given three months to form a new- government that will take over for another 36 months.
The parliament will consist of 550 lawmakers, including 330 from government, 123 from Machar’s faction, 50 from the opposition, 30 from other political groups and 10 from former detainees.