South Sudan: 100-day extension to focus on security

JUBA, South Sudan

The reaction has been mixed among South Sudan’s warring parties to a 100-day extension for the formation of a transitional government of national unity. 

While some welcomed it despite being ready to form a government on Nov. 12, the leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In-Opposition (SPLM-IO), Riek Machar, had specifically asked for the extension of the deadline to form a power-sharing government in order to resolve outstanding disagreements.

But Tut Gatluak, South Sudan’s presidential adviser on security affairs and head of the national pre-transitional committee responsible for implementing the peace agreement, said the 100-day extension is

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