SPLM organizes anti-compromise agreement campaign

The SPLM is organizing a demonstration against provisions of the proposed peace deal to resolve the conflict.

The High Coordination Committee of the party leagues has scheduled the protests for tomorrow.

Some of the provisions they have rejected include power sharing, demilitarization of Juba, and consultations at the presidency.

The committee says members of the leagues include teachers, lawyers, farmers, women, and students.

“We are rejecting the agreement being imposed on us by IGAD. We treat it as a conspiracy agreement against our political will as sovereign state,” said Simon Machuar, secretary-general of the committee.

“We denounce presence of UNMISS in our republic; and therefore, we demand their forces to evacuate our republic. We rejected neo-colonialism in our country.”

Mr. Machuar says they want the venue of the peace talks to be moved from Ethiopia to South Africa, saying the new venue will be neutral.

He added that the leagues want what he calls the Entebbe proposal, referring to a reported draft of a peace proposal some regional leaders made in Uganda this month.