Tombura-Yambio, 02 September, 2022 / 9:21 pm (ACI Africa).
A member of the Clergy of South Sudan’s Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio (CDTY) has cautioned the first unified troops who graduated on August 30 against extra judicial killing.
On August 30, South Sudan graduated over 21,000 new troops that are to constitute a unified national army, police, and other forces of security as part of the implementation of the country’s September 2018 Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS).
In a Thursday, September 1 interview with ACI Africa, Fr. Dominic Sasa said the people of God in Africa's youngest nation want to see members of the armed forces exercise professionalism by protecting the lives of civilians.
“We want to see these troops work for the protection of civilians and not to begin killing each other again because they are trained for protection.” Fr. Sasa said, and added, “The graduation of the forces is the way that calls for the total unity we have been looking for because no political party will protect this country.”
“Our forces are now unified and this is of great strength for South Sudan,” Fr. Sasa said, adding that “this unity has to bring total peace and stability in this beloved country.”