The delegates from South Sudan’s Civil Society at the ongoing High-Level Revitalization Forum in Addis Ababa are appealing to South Sudan leaders to compromise on their political differences for the interest of peace in the country.
In a joint statement issued today, Academia, Youth and Women say with just about 24 hour left for this phase of the Forum to end, they are getting more distraught and their hopes for peace are rapidly diminishing.
‘We still have trust and confidence that you will be guided in these peace talks by the vision for which some of you spent decades in the bushes and battle trenches, putting your own lives on the line to liberate and deliver a country we would proudly call our own today.’ The statement reads
They urge both the government and the opposition to put aside their individual and party’s political calculations, and act today with honesty and personal integrity to ensure that the forum progress towards an agreement that truly has a chance of bringing sustainable peace in the country.
Today, the statement says, ‘our country is at a crossroad and millions of our citizens are counting on you once again. They are counting on nationalistic decisions you will take here today, to save human lives, restore the dignity of women and children, give young people a chance to dream limitlessly, deliver our country from further destruction and make all South Sudanese proud once again’.