Speaking during the plenary meeting of the joint monitoring and evaluation commission in Juba, Mogae touched on a variety of issues that concern him, often using descriptive words of how disappointed he gets on some of the regressive attitudes by those he is trying to reconcile. Speaking on a number of recent agreements made by warring parties, Mogae said after the announcement by the Presidency that an agreement had been reached on a number of issues, including the establishment of the Boundary Commission, reinstatement of civil servants, release of prisoners of war and detainees, cantonment sites, and the expanded Transitional National Legislative Assembly, he had hoped that there will be more progress.
“On the contrary, I regret to report that the progress I had expected has not materialised. If anything, the parties are further apart,” he said. Mogae said there appears to be a stalemate that now threatens the implementation of the entire agreement. “From my consultations with the parties over the past two days, there is no common understanding of the terms of reference of the proposed commission on the number of states as well as on the issue of cantonment sites,” he said. “Regarding governance and the formation of the Transitional Government of National Unity, the formation of the Council of Ministers is welcome.” However, Mogae posits that the lack of progress in the expansion of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly and disagreement over the selection of the Speaker, is delaying the establishment of a critical component of the Transitional Government of National Unity, namely, the Parliament.
