Panel of Experts urges South Sudan leaders to institutionalize transparency and good governance
United States Institute of Peace Headquarters
June 18th, 2019(SSNN) — In a live broadcast discussion hosted by the United States Institute of Peace, the Panel of Experts from USIP, Democracy International, and Enough Project’s Brian Adeba, Deputy Director of Policy, and Mark Ferullo, Senior Advisor, exchanged their views and evidence-based recommendations on how to mitigate conflict, promote peace and advance accountability in South Sudan.
In response to a question posed by USIP, Mark Ferrulo, senior adviser at The Sentry, stressed that the signed agreement without addressing economic issues – fair transparency and responsible regulations and institutions – would eventually lead to corruption and further violence.
“A peace agreement in South Sudan without greater focus on economic governance – fair transparency, and accountable regulations & institutions will breed corruption and reignite violence” said Mark Ferullo, Senior Advisor at The Sentry.
On her part, Morgan Simpson, Deputy Director of Programs for Democracy International, responded that with regard to the current situation in South Sudan, violence has declined dramatically, however, the economic situation remains a serious problem to the population, leaving them in a dire humanitarian situation.
“On the current conditions in South Sudan: Violence has reduced, but the economic situation continues to pose serious problems for everyday life and local-level conflicts still continue” said Morgan Simpson.
In the last two months, the South Sudanese warring parties extended the formation of the pre-transitional period for another six months, because no much progress has been made since since the signing of the peace deal.
In May, South Sudan’s Government and opposition parties agreed to extend the pre-transitional period of the agreement for another six months, that would lead to the formation of a unified Government.
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