The Chairperson of the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission, R-JMEC put to task Joint Defense Board, JDB to explain why some government soldiers are still occupying civil buildings.
South Sudan parties to the peace agreement missed the deadline to form interim government of national unity on May 12th, this year as per the agreement. The deadline was later push to forward six months until November 12 later in the year.
There are thirty-four civilian buildings are still occupied by the National Security Services (NSS) and South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) and passed the deadline 15th June that been given to them, says the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission Interim Chair.
Augustino Njoroge says according to the ceasefire mechanism report that the SPLA-IO had vacated all the civilian properties that were occupied by them during the conflict.
‘I would expect to hear from the chairperson of the Joint Defense Board on why the deadline has not been met?’ He adds.
The RJMEC Interim Chair urges the Incumbent Transitional Government of National Unity or I-TGoNU and National Pre-Transitional Committee or NPTC to accelerate in appointing the new chairperson and deputy for the DDR Commission according to the agreement.
Deputy Special Representative of UN Secretary-General Mustapha Sumare stresses that he believes the regular face to face meeting between the two leaders in the revitalised agreement will help in finding solutions to unsolved issues in the agreement such as the boundaries commission on the states.
‘The key pending issues on the transitional security arrangements chapter two and the resolution on number of states by International Boundaries Commission will be solved through face-to-face meeting’, he stresses.
The SSPDF Spokesman Major General Lul Ruai Koang told CRN on Thursday that their forces vacated two places in Amadi State.
General Ruai urges the public to remain hopeful while they are trying to clear the civilians’ centers from their forces.
The official were speaking during the eights meeting of the Reconstituted JMEC, in Juba, South Sudan.