The minister of Cabinet Affairs has disclosed the payment of critical institutions to facilitate the establishment of peace in anticipation of the December elections.
The Public Accounts Committee and the Finance and Economy
Committees of Parliament summoned Dr. Martin Elia Lomuro last week to answer
questions and queries about $10 million meant for the implementation of
important peace agreement provisions.
Dr. Lomuro disclosed that the relevant institutions had received peace funds.
“As I speak now, payments to the concerned agreement institution have been paid. The Judiciary Reform Committee and the National Constitutional Amendment Committee have been paid,” he told reporters in a press conference in Juba on Monday.
“The payments for the National Constitutional Review Commission and the National Human Rights Commission are being processed because we only received their accounts two days ago. So, the agreement is being implemented.”
The minister stated that the country's economic situation necessitates payments in installments.
“Funds that have come were decided by an executive decision to be paid in installments because of the economic situation. And so, the first installments for these institutions have been paid,” Dr. Lomuro explained.
Some members of the institutions had expressed concerns, demanding full payment of their budgets. However, the executive made a decision to pay in installments, ensuring the institutions could continue to operate.
A decision that would allow the Ministry of Finance and Planning to organize itself to raise another installment until the budget of each institution is completed.
The minister reassured the public that the government is making every effort to guarantee the complete implementation of the peace agreement.
“In regard to the other mechanisms, which are generally within the requirements of the peace agreement, the government is doing its best to make sure that these institutions are paid as we make decisions about the elections in 2024,” he echoed.
In 2018, the country signed the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan to address the conflict.
This agreement aims to bring stability, reconciliation, and
democratic governance.