South Sudan’s peace monitors, the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC) have urged the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (RTGoNU) to graduate the first batch of forces in cantonment sites across the country.
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Observers of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS) have expressed concern over delays in implementing the security arrangements, urging the government to expedite the graduation of unified forces.
The remarks by the peace monitors were made at a joint press conference in Juba on Tuesday after a meeting with the chairman of the National Transitional Committee-a body tasked to oversee the implementation of the security arrangements- and presidential advisor for national security affairs Tut Gatluak Manime.
According to Chapter Two of the R-ARCSS which consists of the security arrangements, government and opposition forces are supposed to canton and train unified forces during a 3-year transitional period leading into elections. But according to observers, the process has been lagging.